To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2008, Official Report, column 2860W, on NHS questionnaires, what the cost of the surveys conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Department was for each of the last 10 years. (196232)

The total paid to Ipsos MORI (Market and Opinion Research International) for surveys by the Department from April 2001 to March 2008 is £26,071,628.76.

It would not be possible to discern the specific details of each survey without incurring disproportionate cost.