§ Mr. FabricantTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the cost of all research undertaken by his Department since May 1997, excluding the cost of green papers and other public consultation documents drafted by his officials; and if he will list in each case the organisations which undertook that research. [52698]
§ Mr. MudieI refer the hon. Member to the Department's Annual Report on Research, published on 31 July 1998, which details all the research funded by the Department in the period 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998. Copies of this report have been placed in the Library. Details of research commissioned since 1 April 1998 are shown in the following table.
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Project title Contractor Total cost (£) Early Career Paths of Graduates and Diplomats Higher Education Careers Service 82,250 Modern Apprenticeships in Licensed premises HRH Associates 13,600 TECs as Market Makers—Update HRH Associates 4,000 Family friendly employment—the business case Institute for Employment Studies 54,001.00 Value for Money Case Study Jennifer Green Ltd. 1,300 TEC/CCTE Core Business (Block 4) John Embleton 6,750 An Evaluation of the Premier League Football Club Initiative National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) 48,120.00 OECD International Research Project: Programme for Developing Indicators on Student Achievement on a Regular Basis Office for National Statistics 544,601.00 Sub-degree provision: Employer and Student Focus Groups Public Attitude Surveys 45,401 Employer Support for part-time study by employees Public Attitude Surveys 27,891 Survey of Training Provider Views of Post Training Follow-up Scriven Associates 1,000 YCS database manipulation and enhancement Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR) 3,800.00 Government Offices Role in Education Steve Brooking and Brian Richards 1,970 Evaluation of new approaches to work experience and the work related curriculum (ORF) SWA Consulting 119,421.00 The impact of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995: The employers' response SWA Consulting 97,560.00 Research on the Labour Market Relevance of TEC Activities The Host Consultancy 45,686.00 Evaluation of effectiveness of "Cities in Schools" provision University of Cambridge 60,000.00 The Effective Use of Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) and their Training Needs University of Manchester 57,783.00 Evaluating the impact of the Enterprise in Higher education programme York Consulting 47,700