HC Deb 12 July 2000 vol 353 cc606-8W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by her Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. [123804]

Mr. Stringer

For the purpose of this answer my Department includes the Government Car and Despatch Agency, an agency within my Department, and the Central Office of Information, which is an agency which reports directly to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.

The Cabinet Office regard it as good practice to publish the results of market and opinion research and in general will make public research considered relevant and important in framing major policy proposals and decisions, unless an exemption applies under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. For example, results of research carried out using the People's Panel are routinely placed in the House Libraries.

The results of the following research have already been placed in the House Libraries:

  • Assessing attitudes to the Change of Address Function
  • Electronic Government: the view from the queue
  • People's attitude to the Civil Service
  • Women's attitudes to combining paid work and family life
    • 607W
  • Citizen's Juries
  • Active Ageing Project
  • People's Panel—Improving Public Services Report
  • Summary Report (first wave research)
  • Summary Report, telephone wave 1 (second wave research)
  • Parental Attitudes to Value Added Information in Performance Tables
  • Listening to Women Focus Groups
  • Telephone Wave 3—Gas Safety Study for the Health and Safety Executive
  • Telephone Wave 3—Research Study conducted for the DfEE
  • Telephone Wave 3—(for the Service First Unit)
  • Telephone Wave 3—for DETR
  • Biosciences Main Stage Survey
  • Blue Pages Qualitative Report
  • Delivery of Public Services 24 hours a day, seven days a week (24 x 7)
  • Public Views on proposed new MAFF leaflet
  • The Views of people aged 50+ towards Public Services
  • Delivery of Public Services 24 hours a day, seven days a week (24 x 7)—Wave 4
  • Public Understanding of The Citizens' Charter and the Charter Mark Award Scheme
  • Assessing Attitudes to the Change of Address Function, Government Portal Research
    • 608W
  • Attitudes to Public Services in Deprived Areas, final report for Social Exclusion Unit
  • The Business Case for Charter Mark: MORI research study
  • Public Understanding of the Citizen's Charter and the Charter Mark Award Scheme
  • Business Case for the Charter Mark
  • Better Government
  • Better Government Renaming.

I am placing the following documents in the House Libraries in response to the hon. Member's question:

  • Criminal Assets Project
  • Monthly research on public awareness and attitudes to Millennium Bug
  • Better Regulation
  • Direct Access Government
  • Public Attitudes to Risk
  • Qualitative Research with SMEs
  • Local Government Regulation of Business
  • People's attitude to the Civil Service.

In addition, my Department has carried out three pieces of market and opinion research which I am withholding from disclosure in accordance with the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.