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Public Opinion Research

Volume 456: debated on Monday 29 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on commissioning public opinion research in each of the last five years. (105445)

My Department carried out limited annual public attitude omnibus surveys between 2001 and 2004. In 2005, in order to make the findings more robust, an increased number of new attitude statements were tested among the public prior to being included in omnibus research. In 2005 we also conducted a piece of research to monitor public awareness of the Department and its responsibilities.

£

2001

Public Attitudes - Wave 1

9,350

2000

Public Attitudes Wave 2

9,600

2003

Public Attitudes Wave 3

10,450

2004

Public Attitudes Wave 4

11,100

2005

Public Attitudes Wave 5 and New 1 Public Awareness

86,000

2006

50,000

Total costs

160,600