Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Opinion
(asked on 22nd June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) opinion polling and (b) focus groups in each month since January 2019.
The cost of establishing the full spend on opinion polling and focus groups is disproportionate. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) undertakes many research projects each year using external experts. Some of these projects will include either opinion polling or focus groups. This would form part of a wider package of research and to establish the specific cost of that part of the work across all of the projects would exceed 2.5 working days of effort.
Details of contracts awarded by MHCLG are routinely published on Contracts Finder.
MHCLG is able to provide the following limited information where it is able to identify spend through contracts solely for a) Opinion polling and b) focus groups.
Opinion Polls
Month | Value (excl. VAT) |
May 2019 | £5,000 |
July 2019 | £1,100 |
October 2019 | £825 |
January 2020 | £2,300 |
March 2020 | £2,600 |
June 2020 | £4,000 |
Focus Groups
Month | Value (excl VAT) |
March 2020 | £9,999 |