HC Deb 26 January 2001 vol 361 cc773-4W
Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for(a) 1992–93, (b) 1993–94, (c) 1994–95, (d) 1995–96, (e) 1996–97, (f) 1997–98, (g) 1998–99, (h) 1999–2000 and (i) 2000–01, (I) his Department's total spending on quantitative and qualitative surveys of policy issues by focus groups, opinion polling, task forces or other means and (II) the cost of each individual project. [146586]

Mr. Ingram

The Northern Ireland Office accounts structure does not record expenditure in a way that would allow spending on quantitative and qualitative surveys on any issue to be easily identified.

This information could be provided by a manual exercise only at a disproportionate cost.