§ Mr. Alan DuncanTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the total expenditure on(a) information campaigns and (b) advertising was for the Lord Chancellor's Department in each year since 1997 [145384]
§ Mr. LammyThe information is listed in the following table.
Over the period in question, the Lord Chancellor's Department spent £4,179,300 on one information campaign in 2000–01, of which £1,347,600 was spent on advertising. The purpose of this campaign was to raise public awareness of the Community Legal Service, set up in April 2000, to provide legal advice and guidance to the public.
Since it became the Department of Constitutional Affairs in June 2003, my Department has also run a campaign to recruit more people from under-represented groups and younger people to the magistracy. The total expenditure to date on this campaign has been £207,000 on regional bus, radio and press advertising.
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£ Financial year May-March (a) Expenditure on information campaigns (b) Expenditure on advertising 2001–02 LCD 0 0 Court Service 0 0 PGO1 0 0 2002-June 2003 DCA2 0 207,000 Court Service 0 0 PGO 0 0 1 The Public Guardianship Office replaced PTO in April 2003. 2 The Department for Constitutional Affairs replaced LCD on June 2003.
§ Mr. Alan DuncanTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the total expenditure on(a) information campaigns and (b) advertising was for his Department since its creation [145385]
§ Mr. LammySince it was set up on 12 June 2003, my Department has(a) spent £207,000 on one information campaign to encourage more people from under-represented groups and younger people to become magistrates.
(b) This information campaign has only comprised advertising, of which the expenditure to date is:
- £176,000 for regional bus adverts;
- £27,000 for press adverts;
- £4,000 for radio advertising.