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National Parks and Broads Authority: Elections

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he plans to make his response to the outcomes of the consultation on direct elections for the National Parks and Broads Authority. [270359]

Huw Irranca-Davies: I will give my formal response before the summer recess. I anticipate that my response will focus on alternative ways for ensuring that all the national park and broads authorities are as responsive as the best of these authorities, rather than on legislating for direct elections.

Power Stations: EU Law

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells of 2 March 2009, Official Report, column 1330W, on power stations: EC law, what recent discussions the Environment Agency has had with plant operators on the application of derogations from the EU large combustion plant directive. [269205]

Jane Kennedy: The Environment Agency has had no recent discussions with plant operators specifically on derogations from the EU large combustion plant directive and no plant operators have indicated that they will be applying for such derogations. All previously granted derogations have now ceased.

Public Opinion

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 1997; what surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. [261264]

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 1997; what surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose of each was. [263608]

Huw Irranca-Davies: DEFRA was formed in 2001. The following table shows how much DEFRA and its agencies have spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each years since 2001.

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Title	Date commissioned	Agency cost (£)
2001-02
State Veterinary Service Rename—Vets and Farmers	11 July 2001	6,180.00
State Veterinary Service Rename—Staff	11 July 2001	13,500.00
Communications with Farmers	13 September 2001	41,920.00
Foot and Mouth Research	17 September 2001	48,000.00
Foot and mouth—farmers survey	24 September 2001	9,600.00
Exhibition Evaluation	14 December 2001	16,600.00
General Public Tracking—Omnibus	3 February 2002	42,000.00
Benchmarking	21 February 202	28,500.00
Chemicals Stakeholder Forum	26 February 2002	70,200.00
Public attitudes to DEFRA logo	27 February 2002	7,000.00
		283,500.00
2002-03
Identity research—part 3	7 April 2002	14,650.00
Radioactive waste	2 May 2002	43,750.00
Staff Survey	14 May 2002	40,265.00
Illegal Meat Imports	17 June 2002	7,200.00
Illegal Meats (2)	19 July 2002	19,200.00
Illegal meats imports	4 October 2002	4,250.00
GM Debate Foundation Discussion Workshops	10 November 202	11,000.00
GM debate—stimulus content creation	11 November 2002	78,500.00
SVS Customer Satisfaction	19 December 2002	12,500.00
GM Crops Desk research	27 February 2003	38,350.00
Ideal Home Stand Evaluation	14 March 2003	11,000.00
RDS Customer Satisfaction	18 March 2003	5,800.00
	26 March 2003	48,725.00
		335,190.00
2003-04
Farmers Newsletter Development	6 April 2003	54,090.00
Sustainable Development Desk Research	12 April 2003	53,238.44
Illegal Imports—Airport Posters 2003	25 April 2003	9,900.00
GM Public Debate Narrow but Deep	27 June 2003	55,000.00
Analysis of feedback	13 August 2003	31,531.00
DEFRA Customer Vision	2 November 2003	29,400.00
Analysis of feedback	24 November 2003	31,531.00
Illegal Meats Communication Development	19 December 2003	54,700.00
Perceptions of DEFRA—public tracking 2004	25 March 2004	11,380.00
		330,770.44
2004-05
RDS Customer Survey 2004	19 August 2004	30,736.00
Climate Change Desk Research (attitudes)	17 September 2004	12,350.00
Sustainable Consumption and Production Stakeholder	21 September 2004	29,500.00
Workshops	8 November 2004	30,500.00
Illegal Food Imports—Ethnic Minority Tracking	24 November 2004	18,000.00
Staff SD research	20 December 2004	26,650.00
Pilot workshop for better policy making	10 February 2005	22,580.00
Cattle market biosecurity pilot	24 February 2005	20,000.00
Farmers link pilot evaluation	4 March 2005	31,000.00
Stakeholder Research 2005	9 March 2005	23,256.00
Public Attitudes to Climate Change Wave 1		244,572.00
2005-06
Climate Change Statement Check	18 April 2005	13,725.00
Chewing Gum Droppers Research	28 April 2005	51,800.00
DEFRA Event Evaluation	17 May 2005	31,117.90
Food and Farming Research	21 June 2005	56,780.00
Environment Direct Concept Development	1 August 20 05	17,500.00
Perceptions of DEFRA—General public tracking 2005	5 August 2005	26,000.00
SD in Communities information audit	12 August 2005	17,203.00
Illegal Food Imports Phase II Campaign Tracking	18 August 2005	32,000.00
Wave 2 of Climate Change Evaluation	7 September 2005	23,256.00
Climate Change Statement Design Research	15 September 2005	8,500.00
RDS Customer Satisfaction Survey 2005	27 September 2005	36,237.00
SD in Communities Activist Research	13 October 2005	38,350.00
Poultry Registration Project	6 December 2005	21,510.00
Chewing gum follow-up research	7 December 2005	10,485.00
SCP Desk Research	30 January 2006	19,475.00
Motivations Research	3 February 2006	27,450.00
Environment Motivations (BME)	10 February 2006	20,200.00
bovine TB Deliberative Research	21 February 2006	64,900.00
Climate Change Tracking Wave 3	6 March 2006	28,941.00
Public Tracking	24 March 2006	44,500.00
		589,929.90
2006-07
Rabies Qualitative Research	4 April 2006	24,400.00
Natural England branding research	21 April 2006	25,600.00
Segmentation quantification	4 May 2006	11,151.00
Chewing Gum Campaign Evaluation Extension	11 May 2006	60,500.00
Youth Climate Change Omnibus	16 May 2006	16,900.00
SCP Benchmarking Quantitative Research	2 June 2006	49,000.00
Environment Direct Branding Research	20 June 2006	56,700.00
Farmers desk research	11 August 2006	20,425.00
Climate Change wave 4	5 September 2006	27,161.00
Developing an environmental segmentation	13 October 2006	48,920.00
Desk research to identify values and attitudes	13 October 2006	1,900.00
Illegal food imports qualitative research	19 October 2006	33,000.00
Illegal food imports campaign evaluation 2006-07	19 October 2006	33,500.00
Avian flu research	8 November 2006	26,330.00
Environmental branding research	23 November 2006	29,600.00
Desk research on environmental segmentation—extension	29 November 2006	1,900.00
Environment campaign creative development	2 February 07	35,900.00
Approach to Ecosystems (qual)	12 February 2007	38,103.00
Quantification of Environment Segments	16 February 2007	12,125.00
Fallen Stock Scheme Research	21 February 2 07	30,575.00
Public Sector food procurement	26 February 2007	53,500.00
Climate Change tracking wave 5	1 March 2007	27,161.00
Climate Change Bill Deliberation	15 March 2007	174,500.00
Climate Change campaign evaluation	16 March 2007	116,800.00
Rabies restrictions review—consumer workshops	29 March 2007	70,407.00
2007-08
Farmers segmentation	14 June 2007	56,300.00
Illegal food imports creative development	25 June 2007	19,800.00
Natural England Stakeholder Research	24 August 2007	29,200.00
Waste Infrastructure research	10 September 2007	53,800.00
Climate Change Tracker Wave 6 September 2007	20 September 2007	27,161.00
Natural Environment Desk Research	25 October 2007	36,450.00
Natural Environment Qualitative Research	20 November 2007	57,750.00
REACH Awareness	29 November 2007	22,000.00
Omnibus survey; public awareness of food imports	1 December 2007	4,995.00
Carbon Calculator Attitudinal Research	20 December 2007	19,995.00
Farming Link—Readership survey	11 January 2008	10,225.00
Illegal food imports tracking 2008	29 January 2008	32,500.00
Personal Food imports TV Filler research	12 February 2008	11,500.00
Carbon Offsetting Qualitative Research	18 February 2008	51,100.00
Food Campaign Message Testing	18 February 2008	20,000.00
Farming Link—Qualitative news letter evaluation	26 February 2008	28,485.00
Climate Change Tracking—Wave 7	27 February 2008	27,161.00
Businesses perceptions of DEFRA	27 February 2008	54,915.00
Businesses perceptions DEFRA—QUANT	14 March 2008	49,150.00
Omnibus Attitudes to Farmers	14 March 2008	10,685.00
Young People Climate Change Tracker	17 March 2008	17,900.00
		641,072.00
2008 to date
Act on CO2 Campaign Tracking around May/June 2008 Activity	2 May 2008	84,100.00
Creative development for the Act on CO2 Campaign for 2008-09	30 June2008	35,662.80
Public attitudes towards wildlife management	9 July 2008	106,375.00
ACT ON CO2 Continuous Tracking - COI set up	5 August 2008	279,000.00
REACH—post wave evaluation of awareness and registration levels	12 September 2008	21,500.00
Illegal food imports tracking	10 October 2008	54,000.00
ACT ON CO2 Omnibus 'pre wave'	27 October 2008	22,950.00
Desk Research conservation volunteering schemes	17 December 2008	15,600.00
DEFRA Change4Life Sub-Brand Research	31 December 2008	23,150.00
Fisherman’s segmentation	19 February 2009	67,050.00
		709,387.80
Note: These costs are agency costs only, and so as such do not include COI fees or other costs.

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