Quality Assurance
Culture Media and Sport
Written answers and statements, 8 November 2006
Malcolm Moss (Shadow Minister (Culture, Media & Sport), Culture, Media & Sport; North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what contribution her Department plans to make to the research commissioned by her Department of the Ipsos-MORI quality assurance process.
Shaun Woodward (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Media & Tourism), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; St Helens South, Labour)
The Department has analysts who check the quality of the data analysis, the logic of the conclusions (insofar as they are based on that analysis) and the clarity of data presentation. We also have policy experts to review the accuracy and completeness of the surrounding narratives. This includes any interpretation which relies on an understanding of the Licensing Act, its regulations and guidance, licensing application processes, or live music licensing issues. Any comments or suggestions may be rejected either by our analysts or the contractor if they are not supported by the survey data and/or wider evidence from the field.