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Departmental Public Participation

Volume 477: debated on Monday 16 June 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200016)

The following table provides details of surveys, questionnaires and other services provided by polling companies for my Department during the financial year 2007-08.

Project

Company

Families and Children study

National Centre for Social Research

How do people think DWP should respond to the future

Ipsos MORI

Attitudes to state pensions

British Market Research Bureau

Living standards

National Centre for Social Research

Living standards (methodological work)

National Centre for Social Research

Community Care Grants

British Market Research Bureau

Claimants' experiences of changes in circumstances and the effect of recovering overpayments (Phases 2 and 3)

Social Policy Research Unit, University of York

NatCen Omnibus Survey - exploring attitudes to child poverty

National Centre for Social Research

British Social Attitudes Survey

National Centre for Social Research

NatCen Omnibus Survey - measuring PSA 17 (Later Life)

National Centre for Social Research

ONS Omnibus survey (disability Module)

Office for National Statistics

English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

National Centre for Social Research

Individuals' attitudes and likely reactions to the personal account reforms, 2007

Ipsos MORI

Reasons why individuals might remain in or opt out of the personal account scheme

Employers' attitudes and likely reactions to the personal account reforms, 2007

British Market Research Bureau

Understanding employers' responses to the personal account reforms

British Market Research Bureau

Pensions Education Fund

IFF Research Ltd

Information Needs at Retirement

RS Consulting Ltd

Customer Purchase Outcome Survey

British Market Research Bureau

Trust and confidence in pensions and pension providers

British Market Research Bureau

Understanding why employees do not participate in employer pension schemes

Ipsos MORI

At Retirement Monitor 2007

Marketing Sciences Ltd

Retirement Planning Monitor 2007

Marketing sciences Ltd

Cost of running pension schemes: A feasibility study

RS consulting Ltd

Employers Pension Provision 2007

British Market Research Bureau

Understanding responses to pension forecasts

Independent social Research Ltd

Information needs of auto-enrolled individuals

British Market Research Bureau

State Pension Deferral

British Market Research Bureau

Accrual of basic state pension

National Centre for Social Research

Pension Service customer survey

British Market Research Bureau

Child Support and Relationship Breakdown survey

National Centre for social Research

Child support policy telephone survey

British Market Research Bureau

Public attitudes to key aspects of the welfare reform programme

Brahm

Attitudes to retirement

Ipsos MORI

Attitudes to pension saving

YouGov

NatCen Omnibus Survey (Module 1) -examining attitudes to mental health and employment

National Centre for Social Research

NatCen Omnibus Survey (Module 2) -examining attitudes to seeking psychological therapies for mental health conditions

National Centre for Social Research

Focus groups on assessing child support client information and support needs

CapGemini