§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will make a statement on the employment of polling or public survey organisations by his Department during the current and previous financial years, on the organisations employed by his Department, on the values of individual contracts for these services, on the total amounts of money spent and on the purposes of the research undertaken by these organisations. [14504]
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 20 March 1995]: My Department has employed the following polling and public survey organisations during the current and previous financial years:
The Historic Royal Palaces Agency used CC and C Research Limited during 1994–95 to carry out summer visitor surveys at Hampton Court palace, the tower of London and Kensington palace, at a cost of £10,325. In the same year it employed Vital Statistics to carry out an attitude survey cross all of the historic royal palaces, at a cost of £9,150.The Royal Parks Agency employed the Centre for Leisure and Tourism Studies at the university of North London to collect information on the use of, and visitor attitudes towards, the Royal Parks. The cost in 1994–95 was £70,125.All prices are exclusive of VAT.