HC Deb 25 May 2000 vol 350 c597W
Mrs. Browning

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will list opinion research projects undertaken on behalf of his Department in the financial year 1999–2000, broken down into(a) focus group research, (b) quantitative surveys and (c) other market research surveys; and if he will list in each case where and when the results were published; [123308]

Surveys involving an element of opinion gathering carried out during the 1999–2000 financial year
Title Purpose
Regular surveys
Census of hospital-treated firework injuries Advertising campaign evaluation
Survey of gas suppliers Quantitative research
EMIC user satisfaction questionnaire Customer satisfaction
Business information security survey Programme evaluation
Tracking study on business support needs Customer satisfaction
Benchmarking and awareness tracking (EMRS) Programme evaluation
Subtotal (6)
Ad-hoc Surveys
Survey of school science teachers Programme research
Evaluation of the Renewable Energy Programme in the UK Programme evaluation
Survey of small firms awareness, knowledge and access to information on individual employment Rights Programme evaluation
Market research into the introduction of automated payroll service Programme evaluation
Supply and availability of facilities to manufacturing bio Market research
Measurement, requirements, awareness and practices of SMEs Programme research
UK business potential for virtual reality Programme research/state of industry
Central Accounting Unit Customer Survey Customer satisfaction
Assessment of centres of expertise Programme research/state of Industry
Evaluation of small firms publications Programme evaluation
New minimum wage ethnic campaign Programme evaluation
British trade international branding customer survey Programme evaluation
EuroPlanner evaluation Customer satisfaction
Evaluation of the Link Programme on hydrocarbon reservoirs Programme evaluation
Update of unwanted computer equipment: A guide to re-use Campaign evaluation
Survey of local authority enforcement of the Working Time Regulations Programme evaluation
Subtotal (16)