§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much was spent by(a) his Department and (b) bodies for which it is responsible on external public relations consultants in each of the last four years. [27395]
§ Dr. WhiteheadMy Department and its agencies have spent the following amounts on public relations consultants over the last four years in support of publicity campaigns such as 'are you doing your bit?' which encouraged people to take simple actions to protect the environment:
£ Department Agencies 1998–99 0 5,000 1999–2000 683,600 4,300 2000–01 748,900 84,500 2001–021 352,900 13,500 1 Estimate Expenditure on PR consultants by non-departmental public bodies could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.