To ask the Secretary of State for Health what opinion polls have been undertaken by her Department since May 2005; and what the (a) cost and (b) purpose was of each. (118162)

The Department does not collect this information centrally. However, information on opinion research commissioned by the Department’s Communications Directorate since May 2005 is available as follows. This should be regarded as an indicative guide on spend only.

Since May 2005, the Communications Directorate has spent £308,115 on the following opinion polling:

£133,315: four waves of an national health service staff survey—to listen to NHS staff to understand their challenges and experiences to improve staff engagement and inform policy development and business planning;

£154,000: four waves of a public survey—to listen to the public and gain insight on public sentiment and patient experience to create better quality and more responsive public services;

£18,590: public monitor—to understand the public’s concerns for the NHS to create better quality and more responsive public services; and

£2,200: national health journalist survey—to gather operational information to improve the service we provide to journalists.