To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each of the last five years; what surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. (287561)

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning) on 27 March 2009, Official Report, columns 782-84W.