§ Dr. CableTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much money was spent on advertising and promotional literature for his Department's initiatives, broken down by year since 1997. [183809]
§ Phil HopeThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was created on 29 May 2002.
In the financial year 2002–03 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister spent £3,347,000 on advertising, the majority on the Fire Safety campaign, and approximately £700,000 on promotional literature.
In the financial year 2003–04 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister spent £3,411,000 on advertising, the majority on the Fire Safety campaign, and approximately £650,000 on promotional literature.
Figures for the Department's agencies and non-departmental bodies are not held centrally and could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.