§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of total expenditure by his
1634W3Source: 1998 DfEE Departmental Report (Cm 3910). Employment Service running and programme costs funded from the Windfall Tax—1998–99 requirement.
4Source: 1999 DfEE Departmental Report (Cm 4202). Employment Service New Deal running and programme costs funded from the Windfall Tax—1999–00 plans. Figures exclude measures for New Deal for the over 50s and New Deal for Young People announced in the March 1999 Budget.
5Source: 2000 DfEE Departmental Report (Cm 4602). Employment Service New Deal running and programme costs funded from the Windfall Tax—2000–01 plans.
6Source: 2001 DfEE Departmental Report (Cm 5102). DfEE and Employment Service running and programme costs funded from the Windfall Tax/Employment Opportunities Fund—2001–02 plans.
7Source: 2001 DfEE Departmental Report (Cm 5102). DfEE and Employment Service running and programme costs funded from the Windfall Tax/ Employment Opportunities Fund—2002–03 plans.
8Includes £25 million capital costs.
9Includes New Deal Innovation Fund.
10Includes New Deal Innovation Fund and New Deal Employer Managers.
11Estimated
Notes:
All figures rounded to nearest £ million.All planned figures quoted were the latest published in the appropriate Departmental Report.Information on the cost per individual participant up to March 2002, the last financial year to have confirmed outturn cost figures, is in the following table:
Department on (a) focus groups and (b) opinion polls in each year from 1995–96 to 2003–04; and if he will make a statement. [162761]
§ Maria EagleThe Department for Work and Pensions wants to hear what people have to say about proposed new policies and procedures, and about how our services are meeting the needs of our customers. There are several methods by which we do this
consultation exercises; conducted in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance;meetings with customer representatives to obtain their views and feedback;customer surveys, both national and local;1635Wresearch, contracted in accordance with agreed tendering procedures which;are subject to the usual rules that spending should represent good value for money.Because the Department arranges its own consultative meetings, often within its respective businesses, detailed information about expenditure on all of these is not held centrally, and the information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Costs of our public opinion surveys over the last 3 years £ 2003–04 25,556.25 2002–03 23,441.25 2001–02 42,476.25