§ Pete WishartTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's expenditure on recruitment advertising was in each of the last three years, broken down by publication; and what proportion of such expenditure was(a) to advertise vacant posts and (b) in the form of other general recruitment advertising. [155530]
§ Mr. MullinThe information requested is as follows:
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Advertising vacant posts—Financial year to end March 2003 £ Publication Cost FCO London A1—Administrative assistants—June 2002, September 2002, October2002, March 2003 South London Press 19,348.80 Metro and Evening Standard 91,544.00 www.thisislondon.co.uk 144.00 Total 111,036.80 A2—Executive Assistants—July 2002, October 2002, February 2003 Evening Standard and Metro 15,722.40 Daily Mail 35,713.44 Ethnic Media Group 8,510.00 The Voice 4,261.68 Glasgow Herald 10,858.40 Scotsman (including Evening News) 12,690.00 91W
Advertising vacant posts—Financial year to end March 2003 £ Publication Cost Belfast Telegraph (including Sunday Life) 7,354.71 Cardiff Western Mail 14,064.60 Metro Manchester 2,352.16 Glasgow Evening Times 2,856.80 Edinburgh Evening News 3,816.80 Metro Scotland 913.20 Metro Birmingham 2,536.64 Total 121,650.83 B3—Operational Entry—September 2002, January 2003 Belfast Telegraph 4,832.97 Cardiff Western Mail 9,615.50 Ethnic Media Group 5,513.68 Evening Standard and Metro 10,872.00 Glasgow Herald 10,985.60 Guardian 9,355.84 The Scotsman 11,160.80 The Voice 2,837.12 Total 65,173.51 Overseas Security Managers—January 2003 Police Review 3,816.24 Pathfinder 3,550.12 Total 7,366.36 C4—DS General—September 2002 Guardian 3,920.40 The Voice 1,317.40 Asian Times 1,645.00 Belfast Telegraph 2,055.16 Glasgow Herald 4,342.00 Scotsman 5,281.00 Cardiff Western Mail 3,347.90 Total 21,908.86 C4—DS Economists—September 2002, January 2003 Guardian 6,480.00 Totaljobs.com 275.00 The Voice 1,317.40 Asian Times 1,645.00 Belfast Telegraph 4,680.32 Glasgow Herald 9,554.00 Scotsman 10,706.00 Economist 17,575.00 Cardiff Western Mail 6,469.40 Sunday Times Website 340.00 Ethnic Media Group 2,908.00 Total 61,950.12 Specialist Recruitment Accountancy Age 3,000.00 Asian Times Group 1,506.00 Bed fordshire Times 950.00 Ethnic Media Group 19,764.00 Evening Standard 1,296.00 Financial Times 5,250.00 Guardian 33,612.00 Luton and Dunstable Herald 1,577.00 Milton Keynes Chronicle 834.50 Milton Keynes Citizen 3,362.70 New Scientist 10,495.00 Northampton Chronicle 2,067.00 Northampton Herald and Sport 1,223.00 Northants Curon and Echo 1,587.00 Sunday Times 7,840.00 The Times 1,519.00 THES 3,165.00 www.jobs.ac.uk 470.00 Total 99,518.20 FCO Hanslope Park C4—Contract Managers—April 2002 Personnel Publications 4,465.00 Total 4,465.00
Advertising vacant posts—Financial year to end March 2003 £ Publication Cost C4—Electrical Technician Officer—April 2002 McMillan Scott 705.00 Premier Newspapers 4,450.76 Institution of Electrical Engineers 4,624.80 Total 9,780.56 D7—Head of Technical Security—May 2002 Premier Newspapers 4,450.76 Express Newspapers 9,987.50 Total 14,438.26 C4—InvestigatingOfficer—September 2002 Daily Mail 4,758.75 Jane's Information Group 3,877.50 Total 8,636.25 Al—Mail Room Assistants—November 2002 Evening Standard 1,057.50 Total 1,057.50 B3—Assistant Government Butler—March 2003 Restaurant Magazine 1,938.75 Evening Standard 2,350.00 Caterer and Hotel Keeper 1,854.16 Total 6,142.91
General and diversity advertising—Financial year to end March 2003 Publication Cost Hobsons Career Guide for Women 2003 82,500.00 Hobsons Career Guide for Students with Disabilities 2003 Hobsons Career Guide for Ethnic Minorities 2003 Hobsons Diversity Handbook www.hobsons.com microsite Newsletters for Ethnic Minority students KAL—Careers Advice for Ethnic Minority Graduates 81,114.00 Number Ten—Careers Advice for Women Graduates Arberry Profile—Careers Advice for Disabled Graduates Recruitment Brochures Spectrum—Careers Advice for Ethnic Minority 16 to 19-year-olds Headstart 3,850.00 Doctor Job's Little Black Book 4,450.00 www.doctorjob.com employer profile National Guide to Black History Month 3,100.00 Futures/Network News 5,600.00 Employment Opportunities website and newsletter 2,000.00 Black and Asian Graduate website 495.00 Total 183,109.00 Total cost of advertising April 2002 to March 2003: £716,234.16.
We advertise widely for jobs in the Diplomatic Service and specialist positions, as well as general careers advertisements placed in diversity publications and websites. The placement of adverts is reviewed regularly according to the nature of the position, cost and response from previous advertisements. The above breakdown for the years 2000–02 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.