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Departmental Surveys

Volume 489: debated on Tuesday 17 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on staff surveys in each of the last five years; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys. (260146)

The Department commissioned ORC International Ltd to run staff surveys in 2005, 2007 and 2008. The Department is currently participating with 10 other Departments in a pilot Civil Service Employee Engagement Survey which is also being run by ORC International Ltd.

Approximately £89,000 was spent in 2007-08, and approximately £31,000 has been spent or identified for spend in 2008-09 to date. It is not possible to identify expenditure in previous years.

The first full Civil Service Employee Engagement Survey, covering over half a million civil servants, is planned for autumn 2009, and it is expected that this will deliver an overall saving for the Exchequer compared with the costs of Departments carrying out surveys unilaterally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on staff surveys in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and which companies were contracted to carry out surveys. (263606)

The Department commissioned ORC International Ltd. to run staff surveys in 2007 and 2008. The Department is currently participating with 10 other Departments in a pilot Civil Service Employee Engagement Survey which is also being run by ORC International Ltd.

Approximately £89,000 was spent in 2007-08, and approximately £31,000 has been spent or identified for spend in 2008-09 to date.

The first full Civil Service Employee Engagement Survey, covering over half a million civil servants, is planned for autumn 2009, and it is expected that this will deliver an overall saving for the Exchequer compared with the costs of Departments carrying out surveys unilaterally.