To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much Ofgem has paid to Opinion Leader Research (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2009-10 to date. (283203)

Ofgem paid the following amounts exclusive of VAT to Opinion Leader Research in the five years prior to 2009-10:

During 2009-10, Ofgem has to date paid £60,775.02 exclusive of VAT to Opinion Leader Research.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what process was used to select Opinion Leader Research to conduct work on Ofgem's Consumer First Panel. (283259)

The Consumer First Panel was competitively tendered under Ofgem’s framework for market research services and was compliant with Official Journal of the European Union regulations and processes.