§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list each item of market and opinion research commissioned since May 1997 by(a) her Department and (b) agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible; what the purpose of each item was; and whether the results were published. [137014]
§ Alun MichaelThe Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs came into being in June 2001, and the list of surveys since that date is:
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- Corporate Identity research
- Illegal Meat Imports—general public tracking and omnibus
- GM Crops—desk research
- GM Debate—foundation discussion workshops
- GM Debate—stimulus content creation
- Defra Customer Vision
- Defra's sponsorship activities
- Communicating with Farmers—Customer reaction to Defra Communications
- Illegal Meat Imports—Business and holiday traveller focus
- Illegal Meat Imports—Research with Ethnic Minorities
Records for agencies and non-departmental government bodies are not held centrally and information can be gathered only at disproportionate cost.
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department spent on(a) opinion polling and (b) market research in the last financial year; and if she will make a statement. [139980]
§ Alun MichaelI will write to the hon. Member with this information in due course.