Question follow-through · 17667

Undocumented Migrants: Public Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December to Question 15294 on Undocumented Migrants: Public Opinion, if she will publish a breakdown of (a) companies contracted by the Department for polling on irregular

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 3 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 5 Dec 2024
Answer: 11 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December to Question 15294 on Undocumented Migrants: Public Opinion, if she will publish a breakdown of (a) companies contracted by the Department for polling on irregular
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2024
Answer published
A polling contract is currently in place with Savanta Group Limited. This two-year contract commenced in August 2023 and is available online on Contracts Finder. Spend on irregular migration polling cannot be provided. The department polls on a range of p...

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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