§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much the Inland Revenue spent on(a) publicity and (b) advertising in each year from 1990–91 to 2002–03; and if he will make a statement; [91722]
(2) how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995–96 to 2002–03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement. [92233]
§ Ruth KellyFigures for 1995 to 1996 are not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
For detailed figures from 1997 to 2002 I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to the hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow) on 7 May 2002, Official Report, column 36W.
The latest information for 2002–03 is as follows:
Inland Revenue
Self Assessment publicity, £7.4 million which includes advertising media spend of £5.78 million
Work on the communications campaign for the new Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit is continuing and to date has involved a spend of £9.75 million on paid for media.
Government Actuary's Department
Expenditure to date (a) £35,000 (b) £18,000
The Royal Mint
Advertising1 £2,395,669
Publicity2 £123,155.77
1Includes recruitment advertising, and advertising of collector coin and other products produced by the Royal Mint
2Services provided by external public relations consultants
Debt Management Office
£ 2002–031 Printing 40,000.00 Recruitment advertising 50,000.00 Auction advertising2 300,000.00 Total 390,000.00 1Estimation to year end 2Auction advertising costs are recovered from the National Loans Fund Valuation Office Agency
£57,185 Estimated
Office for National Statistics
Publicity expenditure £140,000.
No expenditure is expected in respect of advertising.
1053WThe publicity spend covers two phases—the launch of the first Census population statistics in September at a cost of £61,000 and the launch of Census key statistics planned for 13 February at an estimated cost of £79,000.
HM Customs and Excise
Tackling Tobacco smuggling campaign year three of three.
To date £1,000,000 exclusive of VAT.
Fuel Fraud campaign year one of three
To date, £230,000 exclusive of VAT.
National Savings and Investments
Above the line Advertising £1,775,000 (estimated)
Press and Public Relations (Publicity) £470,000 (estimated)
Below-the-line £6,399,000 (estimated)
Office of Government Commerce
(i) Expenditure on publicity—Nil.
Month Registrations Cumulative Filers Cumulative total April 2000 32,927 32,927 — — May 2000 14,877 47,814 — — June 2000 10,677 58,491 — — July 2000 11,703 70,194 6,765 6,765 August 2000 11,700 81,894 7,546 14,311 September 2000 16,557 98,451 9,628 23,939 October 2000 2,736 101,187 2,101 26,040 November 2000 1,697 102,884 1,063 27,103 December 2000 2,902 105,786 1,573 28,676 January 2001 14,162 119,948 10,305 38,981 February 2001 595 120,543 180 39,161 March 2001 522 121,065 129 39,290 April 2001 13,485 134,550 1,098 40,388 May 2001 5,208 139,758 2,878 43,266 June 2001 4,021 143,779 3,959 47,225 July 2001 2,618 146,397 6,887 54,112 August 2001 13,755 160,152 7,707 61,819 September 2001 3,994 164,146 12,977 74,796 October 2001 226 164,372 8,988 83,784 November 2001 4,775 169,147 1,760 85,544 December 2001 104,282 273,429 1,646 87,190 January 2002 86,849 360,278 23,404 110,594 February 2002 56,950 417,228 4,711 115,305 March 2002 31,550 448,778 222 115,527 April 2002 3,614,720 4,063,498 1,031 116,558 May 2002 32,912 4,096,410 9,897 126,455 June 2002 5,031 4,101,441 1,611 128,066 July 2002 13,113 4,114,554 26,051 154,117 August 2002 15,470 4,130,024 24,829 178,946 September 2002 38,742 4,168,766 81,982 260,928 October 2002 88,834 4,257,600 14,578 275,506 November 2002 40,901 4,298,501 13,454 288,960 December 2002 50,098 4,348,599 23,329 312,289 January 2003 60,957 4,409,556 127,948 440,237