§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the total expenditure and the breakdown of expenditure in his Department since May 1997 on(a) public opinion research, (b) television, radio and newspaper advertising and (c) direct mail. [63922]
§ Mr. FatchettSince May 1997 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has spent, from centrally held funds:(a) £52,623.67 on public opinion research in Pakistan, the Eastern Caribbean and on British attitudes towards the EU; (b) £464,628.08 on advertising in newspapers and specialist publications for recruitment campaigns; and (c) nothing on direct mail. This gives a total expenditure on these activities of £517,215.75. It would involve disproportionate costs to establish what individual FCO posts may have spent on these activities from their devolved budgets.