Departmental Opinion Polls
Northern Ireland
Owen Paterson (Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland; North Shropshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what opinion surveys were commissioned by his Department in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010 to date; and what company was commissioned to undertake each.
Shaun Woodward (Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office; St Helens South, Labour)
The requested information is as follows:
| Survey | Commissioned Company |
| 2008-09 | |
| Northern Ireland Information Service | Millward and Brown Ulster |
| Poll - to gauge public view on the political process; | |
| Commissioned questions for NI Omnibus survey - to obtain public perception of Public Prosecution Service which in turn assists in the development of policy; | Millward and Brown Ulster |
| Customer Satisfaction Survey - to analyse the performance of the Compensation Agency; | Millward and Brown Ulster |
| Access NI - Customer Attitudes | NI Statistics and Research Agency |
| Survey; and | |
| Evaluation of OCTF Christmas counterfeit goods campaign. | Genesis Advertising |
| 2009-10 | |
| Access NI - Customer Attitudes Survey; | NI Statistics and Research Agency |
| Evaluation of OCTF Christmas counterfeit goods campaign; | Genesis Advertising |
| To gauge public opinion on the political process (May 2009); and | Millward and Brown Ulster |
| To gauge public opinion on the political process (March 2010). | Millward and Brown Ulster |