Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.

This question was answered on 5th November 2014
In 2013 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office spent £637,195.60 on surveys and recorded no spend on focus groups. In 2014 £336,146.22 was spent on surveys and £87,110.23 on focus groups. This work covered issues such as data on UK businesses investing abroad and consular research, including traveller behaviour.