§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total expenditure on(a) all forms of publicity and (b) all publications and pamphlets produced for his Department and for all the agencies and public bodies for which his Department is responsible for each year since 1979, including the budgeted figure for 1995–96, (i) including and (ii) excluding privatisation-related expenditures and expressed in 1994 prices; and if he will supply information for the period from 1 April 1993 to 1
Table 1: Citizens charter unit—expenditure incurred on employment of polling or public survey organisations Project Organisation and reason for payment Financial year Cost £ Charterline Research International (RI): quantitative stage development, set up and pilot 1992–93 9,953.00 RI: questionnaire design and testing for Citizen's Charter survey 1992–93 2,126.00 RI: fieldwork stage 1992–93 35,796.00 RI: processing and computing. 1992–93 5,000.00 RI: delivery of data tables. 1992–93 5,000.00 COI (on behalf of RSGB) Pilot Tracking Research 1993–94 43,200.00 COI (on behalf of Cragg Ross and Dawson) qualitative review 1993–94 12,980.00 COI (on behalf of Cragg Ross and Dawson) Charterline Groups 1993–94 17,800.00 93–94; assistance with planning of campaign and part of assessment of campaign Complaints Task Force MORI: public's views on how public services handle complaints 1994–95 60,720.00 Customer Survey ICM: evaluation of public reactions to Charter 1993–94 75,000.00 Miscellaneous research MORI: survey of surveys 1994–95 1,350.00 Charter Mark COI (on behalf of Duckworth Finn Grubb Waters/MORI)— research on success of Customer Nomination Scheme. 1994–956,943.00 MORI: review of 1993 Charter Mark scheme 1993–94 29,595.00 COI: tracking effects of Charter Mark advertising campaign 1994–95 9,600.00 MORI: review of 1994 Charter Mark scheme 1994–95 35,485.00 Total expenditure 350,548.00 Notes:
All figures exclude VAT.
178WMarch 1995 showing (1) the nature and (2) the purpose of each publicity campaign and of each publication involving the expenditure of more than £50,000. [14597]
§ Mr. HoramTotal expenditure information on publicity, publications and pamphlets and details of individual publicity campaigns is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.