IPSOS Mori

Mr. Pickles
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what payments her Department has made to IPSOS Mori in the last 24 months; and for what purposes.

Caroline Flint
IPSOS Mori has undertaken a range of work for the Department over the last 24 months, for which total payments amount to some £1,958,779. The most significant items are:

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|                                                                  |£      |
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|Area trial research in relation to Home Information Packs         |619,304|
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|Community policy (England)                                        |471,005|
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|New ventures research                                             |159,348|
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|Small area data                                                   |116,624|
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|2007 staff survey                                                 |86,186 |
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|User empowerment in local authorities                             |71,750 |
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|Post implementation of Home Information Packs—qualitative research|64,000 |
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|Home information packs training centre research                   |49,096 |
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|Housing mobility                                                  |40,422 |
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