§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his estimate is of total expenditure by his 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. [162755]
§ Yvette CooperThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was created on 29 May 2002. Since then the Office has spent approximately £750,000 on focus groups and opinion polls, in support of the Fire Safety advertising campaign, the information campaign for the Elected Regional Assemblies and to inform other publicity and marketing activity carried out by the Office.
The figures broken down by focus groups and opinion polls could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.