§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department spent on opinion research in the financial year 1999–2000. [123923]
§ Clare ShortAs announced in our "Building Support for Development" strategy paper, we are committed to regular monitoring of public and young people's attitudes to development in order to inform and monitor the impact of the public education work of the Department. Studies were undertaken in July 1999 on general public attitudes and in March 2000 on young people's attitudes. The results are available on DFID's website and copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. In 1999–2000 we spent £42,625 on this research. In addition, we spent £1,804 on a readership survey of "Developments" magazine, in order to test the impact and reach of the magazine. The results of this are available through the website.