Study on the development of statistical data on the European security technological and industrial base : Security Sector Survey Analysis: United Kingdom

This Background Report has been produced as part of the study on “Development of statistical data on the European security technological and industrial base” commissioned by the European Commission within the Framework Contract on Security (ENTR/09/050) between the European Commission and a consortium led by Ecorys Nederland B.V. in collaboration with TNO and DECISION. The Background Report provides an overview of initial findings from a survey of companies active in the (civil) security sector in Germany. It is one of a series of reports covering findings from surveys conducted for: Estonia, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom. The survey design and subsequent data analysis has been undertaken by Ecorys, while the actual surveying of companies has been conducted by GfK, a specialist market research company. The individual country surveys of companies have been conducted over the period October 2014 to February 2015. To obtain comparable data for Germany, Ecorys has collaborated with the Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (BIGS) who have conducted a similar survey in 2012 based on a common survey questionnaire design. This survey has been implemented as a follow-up round to previous surveys of companiesactive in the (civil) security sector in Germany undertaken by BIGS.