§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department spent on information literature, advertising and campaign material in the financial years(a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97, (c) 1997–98, (d) 1998–99 (e) 1999–2000 and (f) 2000–01; and if she will make a statement. [12260]
§ Ms HewittFor expenditure on information literature, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for North Tayside (Pete Wishart) on 17 October 2001,Official Report, column 1225W. Expenditure on advertising, excluding VAT through the COI has been as follows:
£ 1995–96 1,086,410 1996–97 3,087,350 1997–98 2,475,705 1998–99 14,154,738 1999–2000 12,620,476 2000–01 12,159,710 Expenditure on campaign materials is not held centrally.