HC Deb 13 March 1998 vol 308 cc407-9W
Mr. Forth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list each information, promotional, marketing and opinion survey contract, with

Description of contract Date Type Value (£)
Evaluation of Schools Update Newsletter May—June 1997 Qualitative 22,407
Research into Design and Content of the National Record of Achievement June 1997 Qualitative 35,720
Analysis of the Responses to the Excellence in Schools White Paper July 1997 Quantitative 31,150
Consultation
Secondary Schools Performance Tables Development Research September—November 1997 Desk Research 4,460
Research into Jobcentre Corporate Identity September 1997 Desk Research 4,200
Research into New Jobcentre Corporate Identity September 1997 Qualitative 43,908
Learning Entitlement Development Research October 1997 Qualitative 13,137
Research to Explore the Reactions of Unemployed and Jobcentre Staff and November 1997 Qualitative 43,152
Managers to the New Deal
Research to Explore Reactions to the New Deal Among Partners November 1997 Qualitative 21,004
Student Support Advertising Campaign Awareness December 1997 Quantitative 15,969
Research Among Students and Employers to the Government's proposals for December 1997 Qualitative 32,736
16–19 Qualifications
Employment Service Values Staff Survey December 1997 Data Processing 13,484
Career Development Loans Direct Mail Research December 1997 Qualitative 16,650
New Deal Campaign Development Research December 1997 Qualitative 26,003
Analysis of the Responses to the Consultation on the Government's Proposals January 1998 Quantitative 27,262
16–19 Qualifications
Research Among Mature Students to the Government's Proposed Changes to January 1998 Quantitative 9,336
Tuition Fees
Research into Levels of Awareness of the National Training Organisations January 1998 Qualitative 19,693
Among Employers, Partners, and TECs
New Deal Leaflet Creative Development Research January 1998 Qualitative 20,398
Careers Service Corporate Identity Research January 1998 Qualitative 17,590
DfEE Website Evaluation February—March 1998 Qualitative 37,530
Disability Discrimination Act Small Employers Consultation Analysis February—March 1998 Quantitative 19,881
Disability Discrimination Act Creative Development Research February 1998 Qualitative 14,335
Disability Discrimination Act Research Among General Public February 1998 Quantitative 17,202
Research Among Potential Target Audience into Perceived Need for Individual February 1998 Qualitative 17,496
Learning Accounts
National Traineeships Creative Development Research February 1998 Qualitative 14,300
Disability Discrimination Act Information Line Research March 1998 Quantitative 16,685
Careers Service Publications Research March 1998 Qualitative 34,463
Career Development Loans Campaign Response Research March 1998 Quantitative 12,500
Career Development Loans Awareness Research March 1998 Quantitative 12,500

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. [32014]

Dr. Howells

Details of each information, promotional, marketing and opinion survey contract concluded by the Department, through the Central Office of Information, for the year 1997–98 are as follows:

Information on research commissioned by my Department's agencies is not held centrally. The information requested for the years (b) 1998–99, (c) 1999–2000, (d) 2000–2001 and (e) 2001–2002 is not currently available.