To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 105WS, on the correction to written parliamentary Question 16520, what (a) discussions and (b) meetings his Department had with (i) the Central Office of Information and (ii) Opinion Leader Research while preparing (A) the answer to Question 165260 and (B) the written ministerial statement. (176953)

An official from my Department had a telephone conversation with an official from the Central Office of Information (COI). The purpose was to confirm the facts given in the corrected answer and written statement. There were no meetings. There has been no contact with Opinion Leader Research.