§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 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; 1283W and if she will break these figures down to indicate expenditure on (A) advertising and (B) press and public relations. [36162]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonTotal real terms costs for advertising are as listed. During this period the LCD ran an advertising campaign to support the recruiting of lay magistrates, which accounts for spending in 1998–99 and mounted a major public information campaign throughout England and Wales on behalf of the Community Legal Service and the help and advice website "Just Ask!" which accounts for almost all of the advertising spend in 2000–01.
Publicity achieved by press and public relations work is not recorded separately and costs cannot be differentiated from running costs.
Advertising spend £ (a) 1997–98 LCDHQ 0 PRO 4,465 PGO 0 Land Registry 13,580 Court Service 0 NICS 0 Total 18,045 (b) 1998–99 LCDHQ 450,000 PRO 7,640 PGO 0 Land Registry 9,625 Court Service 5,345 NICS 0 Total 473,110 (c) 1999–2000 LCDHQ 0 PRO 2,710 PGO 0 Land Registry 13,960 Court Service 18,960 NICS 0 Total 35,630 (d) 2000–01 LCDHQ 4,283,780 PRO 8,950 PGO 0 Land Registry 2,505 Court Service 13,000 NICS 4,800 Total 4,313,035
Advertising spend £ (i) to date (ii) as estimated for the whole of the present year (Until 31 March 2002) (e) 2001–02 LCDHQ 0 0 PRO 8,640 8,640 PGO 0 0 Land Registry 2,650 3,200 Court Service 4,270 4,600 NICS 0 0 CAFCASS 6,515 7,420 Total 22,075 23,860