§ Mr. DuncanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many contracts for public opinion research his Department has awarded since 1 May; if he will indicate the(a) purpose, (b) cost, (c) value and (d) duration of each contract; and which companies (i) bid for and (ii) were awarded each contract. [28878]
§ Dr. Howells[holding answer 10 February 1998]: Details of the contracts for public opinion research placed since 1 May 1997 by the Central Office of Information, on behalf of the Department, are as follows:
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Description of contract Date Type Value (£) Agency Research into Levels of Awareness of the National January 1998 Qualitative 19,693 Ted Hudson Training Organisations Among Employers, Partners, and TECs New Deal Leaflet Creative Development Research January 1998 Qualitative 20,398 Came Martin Careers Service Corporate Identity Research January 1998 Qualitative 17,590 Eureka DfEE Website Evaluation February—March 1998 Qualitative 37,530 Research International Disability Discrimination Act Small Employers February—March 1998 Quantitative 19,881 Numbers Consultation Analysis Disability Discrimination Act Creative February 1998 Qualitative 14,335 Carne Martin Development Research Disability Discrimination Act Research Among February 1998 Quantitative 17,202 RSGB General Public Research Among Potential Target Audience into February 1998 Qualitative 17,496 Ted Hudson Perceived Need for Individual Learning Accounts National Traineeships Creative Development February 1998 Qualitative 14,300 Carne Martin Research Disability Discrimination Act Information Line March 1998 Quantitative 16,685 BJM Research Careers Service Publications Research March 1998 Qualitative 34,463 SW1 Career Development Loans Campaign Response March 1998 Quantitative 12,500 The Research Business Research Career Development Loans Awareness Research March 1998 Quantitative 12,500 RSL The names of unsuccessful companies who pitched for these contracts are commercial in confidence.