§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the purpose and responsibilities are of the people's panel; for what reasons its future is under review; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement. [6238]
§ Mr. LeslieThe people's panel was set up as a representative sample of the adult population of the UK who agreed to be involved in surveys and other forms of research about their views on, and attitudes to, public services and similar matters of public interest.
The individuals who comprise the panel are under no obligation to participate in surveys or other studies, and have no responsibilities.
We have long been committed to evaluation of the panel, as a new initiative, and a small-scale evaluation was conducted last year. The current review will consider its continuing technical viability, its impact on policy formation, usage by Government Departments, and cost-effectiveness. It will be completed in autumn 2001.
§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 3 July 2001,Official Report, column 124W, if he will list the title, cost and client for each of the projects included in the expenditure totals already given. [6234]
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§ Mr. LeslieDetails of the title, cost and clients for each of the projects mentioned in my response of 3 July are set out in the tables.
Year 1998–99 Client/title Cost (£) Cabinet Office Wave 1 (also includes £80,000 for set-up costs) 300,000 Wave 2 89,000 Modernising Government 12,750 Management fee to MORI 8,000 Top-up recruitment 49,250 Total 459,000
Year 1999–2000 Client/title Cost {£) Cabinet Office Wave 3 6,000 Women's Unit—Listening to Women 63,800 Access pages 13,800 Older people 4,500 Management fee to MORI 40,000 Top-up recruitment 49,250 Evaluation report 17,690 OST Attitudes to bio-sciences 60,000 DfEE Parents' attitudes on value-added school performance tables 12,400 The literacy hour 2,500 DETR Urban White Paper 19,500 HSE Gas safety regulation 14,750 Post Office Counter One-stop shops/electronic service delivery 17,000 Total 321,190 464W
Year 2000–01 Client/title Cost (£) Cabinet Office Open All Hours? 14,400 Change of address portal 14,200 Wave 4 68,600 Public services and ethnic minorities 68,100 Public awareness of Charter Mark 6,000 Social Exclusion Unit—Attitudes to public services in deprived areas 14,100 Wave 5 64,400 The last 12 months 52,550 Management fee to MORI 36,000 Department of Health Attitudes towards Human Genetics issues 52,500 Health messages and young people 30,000 The Patent Office Benchmarking of intellectual property awareness 14,500 DfEE Service standards in working agency 10,600 DETR Research into public's expectations of transport in the future 29,050 MAFF Reactions to new GM food leaflet 19,200 Country of origin food labelling 31,665 Total 525,865 Summaries of the research results have been placed in the House Library and full reports are published on my Department's website.
§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 3 July 2001,Official Report, column 124W, if the results of projects carried out for clients other than his own Department were published in full. [6235]
§ Mr. LeslieThe summaries of all research projects using the people's panel have been placed in the House Library. Full reports are available on the Internet at www.servicefirst.gov.uk.