Market Research

HC Deb 11 December 1989 vol 163 cc482-3W

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many market research and sample surveys were carried out by or for his Department in the last 12 months; what was the cost of each; what was the total cost; how many were carried out in-house; how many were carried out for his Department by outside organisations; and what percentage of the total expenditure was paid to outside organisations.

Mr. Peter Walker

My Department undertakes a wide range of regular surveys. An analysis of these to provide the information required would be disproportionately costly. On the basis of the information identified in the time available, there have been nine one-off market research and sample surveys either undertaken or commissioned solely and directly by my Department in 1989—two of which were conducted in-house, the remaining seven by outside organisations. The individual costs were:

	£
	70,000
	5,000
	14,650
	1,730

	£
	2,450
	4,194
	12,678
	2,075
	88,353
TOTAL	201,130

Of this total, 83 per cent. was paid to outside organisations.