Departmental Surveys Mr. Don Foster To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much his Department’s central media and communication unit spent on public surveys in each of the last three years. Mr. McFadden Public surveys are not procured through this Department’s central communications directorate but, rather, across the business. Such information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the following figures are available relating to expenditure on public surveys procured through the Central Office of Information (COI) in the last three full financial years: ---------------------------------------------- | |£ | ---------------------------------------------- |2007-08 | | ---------------------------------------------- |Omnibus on nuclear attitudes |7,970 | ---------------------------------------------- |Consumer protection |34,700 | ---------------------------------------------- |Public attitudes to science research|68,100 | ---------------------------------------------- |Pregnancy leaflet awareness |17,100 | ---------------------------------------------- |Renewable energy |14,600 | ---------------------------------------------- |Total |142,470| ---------------------------------------------- | | | ---------------------------------------------- |2006-07 | | ---------------------------------------------- |Renewable energy |14,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Public attitudes to science research|29,800 | ---------------------------------------------- |Total |43,800 | ---------------------------------------------- | | | ---------------------------------------------- |2005-06 | | ---------------------------------------------- |Consumer direct |181,650| ---------------------------------------------- |Renewable energy |23,375 | ---------------------------------------------- |Total |205,025| ----------------------------------------------