§ Miss KirkbrideTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been spent on recruitment advertisements in the press, broken down by publication, by(a) his Department, (b) quangos under the Department and (c) non-departmental Government bodies under the Department (i) in the last year and (ii) since 1997. [145804]
§ Hilary BennThe Department for International Development expenditure on recruitment advertising in the calendar years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 is shown in table A as follows:
DFID advertises in specialist and professional publications according to the specific nature and requirements of each vacancy. This includes placement
Table B—Publications where main DFID advertising expenditure has been incurred—per calendar year—from calendar year 2000 onwards Publication 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total British Medical Journal 13,104 11,291 1,805 4,566 30,766 Computer Weekly Nil 14,779 4,239 22,372 41,390 Daily Mail Nil 14,430 Nil 8,540 22,970 Economist/Economist website 324,850 572,793 471,561 381,141 1,750,345 Ethnic Media Group titles 3,308 7,365 10,998 49,326 70,997 Evening Standard Nil 18,109 Nil 11,762 29,871 Far East Economic Review Nil 19,661 9,038 Nil 28,699 Financial Times 18,954 35,326 Nil 1,974 56,254 Guardian and website and Weekly 196,426 234,577 149,499 171,274 751,776 Herald and Sunday Herald 8,818 25,983 9,729 32,453 76,983 New Civil Engineer 13,187 12,810 30,634 4,344 60,975 New Scientist 9,954 45,753 29,504 27,448 112,659 Planning 3,175 7,892 14,368 Nil 25,435 Police Review 18,054 Nil 3,102 14,448 35,604 The Teacher Nil Nil 1 1,289 5,357 16,646 Telegraph (Daily and Sunday) 21,501 47,498 1 1,074 24,127 104,200 Times and Sunday Times 31,941 Nil 44,179 17,978 94,098 Times Educ Supp and Higher Educ Supp 16,902 14,130 26,541 12,304 69,877 Total by year 680,174 1,082,397 827,560 789,414 3,379,545