§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. [123813]
§ Dr. Reid[holding answer 25 May 2000]Full information on market and opinion research carried out by the former Scottish Office, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, between May 1997 and June 1999 has not been collated centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Decisions relating to the publication of research results were taken on a case by case basis; some of the material was provided on the basis that it remained confidential. Some results of market and opinion research were made publicly available, either by publishing the reports or placing them on the appropriate website. I shall arrange for copies of the published material to be placed in the Library.
The Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999. The Department has not carried out any market or opinion research since that date.