Trade and Industry written question – answered at on 17 July 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the consultation documents issued by her Department in each of the last four years; what the cost was of producing each of these; how many documents were issued in each consultation; and how many responses were received in each consultation.
The Government recommend that policy development should be done in close consultation with stakeholders. Formal consultation documents are only one part of this process, which includes:
Stakeholder meetings
Listening events/public meetings
Web forums
Public surveys
Focus groups
Regional events
Free-phone and freepost surveys and events
Targeted leaflet campaigns
Road shows and exhibitions.
It is standard practice for Departments to evaluate the policy development process, including the use of consultation. The specific information requested is not collated on a central basis and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
However, consultation exercises run by the Department of Trade and Industry since the Code of Practice came into force in January 2001, have been published on the Department of Trade and Industry website.
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