§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the total real terms expenditure of her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies on publicity in each of the years(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99,(c) 1999–2000, (d) 2000–01 and (e) 2001–02 (i) to date and (ii) as estimated for the whole of the present year; and if she will break these figures down to indicate expenditure on (A) advertising and (B) press and public relations. [36164]
§ Dr. HowellsUsing the GDP deflators notified by HM Treasury, the Department's real term expenditure on press and public relations since 1997–98 based on 2001–02 prices was:
£ 1997–98 541,483 1998–99 503,476 1999–2000 795,289 2000–01 795,302 2001–02 1602,700 1 Estimated outturn No advertising expenditure was incurred by the Department during this period.
The information requested for the Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally and the costs of collating it would be disproportionate.