HC Deb 06 March 1998 vol 307 cc788-9W
Mr. Forth

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list each information, promotional, marketing and opinion survey contract, with its value, concluded by his Department and its agencies for the years(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99, (c) 1999–2000, (d) 2000–2001 and (e) 2001–2002. [32008]

Mr. Hoon

The information, promotional, marketing and opinion survey contracts concluded by this Department and its agencies are shown in the table.

With regard to the Court Service, regional budgets are devolved to court level and therefore full figures could be provided only at disproportionate costs. Figures are provided for the contracts from the Headquarters building.

Year £
ADR & commercial cases in the Commercial Court Civil Division 1999–2000 14,500
County Court Baseline Data 1999–2000 39,420
Court Service Headquarters
ONS Omnibus Opinion Survey 1997–98 3,600
Staff Opinion Survey (British Market Research Bureau) 1997–98 21,780
Staff Opinion Survey (British Market Research Bureau) 1998–99 21,780
Northern Ireland Court Service
Support for Survey on Divorce Commissioned by the Office of Law Reform 1997–98 10,000
Land Registry
Survey to Provide Independent Verification of Customer's Satisfaction with Delivery of Registry's Services 1997–98 7,765
Public Record Office
Halpen Marketing Management Ltd: 3 year contract from May 1996 for PRO design 1997–98 33,000
and information material e.g. Reader's Bulletin, reading room signage, graphic panels, etc. 1998–99 33,000
Jennifer Potter, copywriter PRO annual report: 3 year contract from February 1997 1997–98 2,500 (max)
1998–99 2,500 (max)
1999–2000 2,500 (max)
First Impression Ltd—graphics for new web site 1997–98 7,050
CCTA Government Information Service—web site maintenance 1997–98 3,920
Jennifer Potter, copywriter—text of booklet promoting archives 1997–98 1,000
Typecast, printer—printing of 2,000 booklets promoting archives 1997–98 3,360
BDI—staff satisfaction survey 1997–98 10,000
1998–99 2,000
1999–2000 2,000
CCTA Government Information Service—web site redirection and listing 1998–99 free
1999–2000 free
2000–2001 free
First Impression Ltd—Design and print of 10,000 on-line services leaflets 1998–99 3,064
Dart Advertising—mouse mats promoting new web site 1998–99 573