§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many market research and sample surveys were carried out by or for his Department in the past 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.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyA total of 25 market research and sample surveys were completed during the last 12 months. The surveys are listed in the table along with the cost:
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Survey title Cost £ Smoking Among Secondary Schoolchildren 59,094 Why Children Smoke 79,299 Adult Dental Health 264,390 General Household Survey 1988–89 69,277 NOP Omnibus-Questions on Smoking 16,987 Discount Survey (of NHS Drugs Purchases) amongst Retail Chemists 61,000 Sample Surveys of the Earnings and Expenses of General Medical Practitioners, General Dental Practitioners and the Earnings of Hospital Doctors (3 surveys) 135,240 Sample survey of non-associate dentists to confirm their non-associate status 7,500 Sample survey of associate dentists to confirm their associate status and obtain dates of their accounting year 12,500 Sample survey of associate dentists to obtain earnings and expenses 11,000 Use made by GPs of Computers 5,000 NHS Road Show Research 8,832 Drugs 89–90 Strategy Research 25,185 Nursing Tracking 1989–90 18,584 Male Nursing Recruitment 22,954 Drugs 88–89 Campaign Evaluation 41,745 Drugs 88–89 Campaign: Qualitative Evaluation 42,500 General Medical Practitioners Computing Survey 16,500 Nursing Careers: 1988 Tracking Study 36,409 Cold Weather Campaign Evaluation 1988–89 17,802 Nursing Recruitment Campaign Telephone Response Follow up 7,389 Residential Care (Staff and Residents) 5,200 Home Care 3,275
Survey title Cost £ The total actual and estimated cost of these surveys was 967,662 Eighteen of these surveys were carried out by outside organisations and data on two surveys carried out in house was processed by outside organisations; 90 per cent. of the total expenditure was paid to outside organisations (which included other Government Departments such as the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys).