UK: Polls and surveys cost taxpayer £1m per week - Telegraph

In total £55m has been spent in the past year.

The most expensive project was for the Department of Transport to look at the feasibility of charging motorists for every mile they drive. The 'public acceptance' poll cost Ruth Kelly's department £566,111.

The second most costly poll was by the same department when they asked the public about their attitudes to climate change at a cost of £411,500.