§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list for(a) 1992–93, (b) 1993–94, (c) 1994–95, (d) 1995–96, (e) 1996–97, (f) 1997–98, (g) 1998–99, (h) 1999–2000 and (i) 2000–01, (I) her Department's total spending on quantitative and qualitative surveys of policy issues by focus groups, opinion polling, task forces or other means and (II) the cost of each individual project. [146592]
§ Clare ShortWe carry out regular monitoring of public attitudes to development in order to inform and monitor the impact of the public education work of the Department.
The details requested are as follows: a study of public attitudes was undertaken in 1997–98 at a cost of £43,000; there was no expenditure on surveys in 1998–99; and further studies costing a total of around £45,000 were undertaken in 1999–2000.
These consisted of: a general public attitudes survey costing £28,200; a schoolchildren's attitudes survey costing £14,700; and a readership survey of "Developments" magazine costing £1,804.
In financial year 2000–01 we have undertaken a general public opinion study costing £33,000. A schoolchildren's survey is currently under way at an estimated cost of £9,800. The results of all these surveys are available on the DFID website.
We do not hold information on any surveys carried out between 1992–93 and 1996–97.