To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to his Department was of the uncompleted research paper IND Customer Survey. (129043)

The work carried out as part of the IND customer survey was undertaken by MORI during the period February-April 2002. The results of this work were used internally by the Department but were not placed into a final published report. Its cost was estimated to be £60,000.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to his Department was of the unpublished research paper Dispersal: Facilitating Effectiveness and Efficiency. (129044)

The work carried out by contractors as part of the report into Dispersal: Facilitating Effectiveness and Efficiency took place in the period September 2001 to September 2002. This work was used internally but not placed into a final published report, although it has now been released under the Freedom of Information Act. The cost of this work was estimated to be £137,000.