§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 8 June 2000,Official Report, column 324W, on opinion research, what steps have been taken to ensure that his Department makes such results publicly available in the form required by paragraph 19 of the Cabinet Office Guidelines into Public Attitudes and Opinion Research. [127792]
§ Mr. RookerIn line with Cabinet Office guidelines, public attitude or opinion research commissioned by the Department is generally either published or made available on request.
The Communications Directorate of the Department commissions research to develop and evaluate publicity campaigns or to inform other presentational issues. All reports are either placed in the Library or are available on request. If a report is not available, this may be because the full research has not yet been completed (ie reports not yet finalised by contractors, or the fieldwork is still in progress) or findings are still being employed to inform the communications activity.