§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 12 January 1999,Official Report, column 145, if he will list the expenditure incurred by (a) the Employment Service (b) his other agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (c) the Central Office of Information for relevant work carried out for his Department which is not included in the table. [67944]
§ Mr. Mudie[holding answer 28 January 1999]: The figures for total expenditure are as follows:
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- Employment Service (excluding New Deal)
- Public Opinion Research
- May 1997 until December 1998—£110,435
- Television, Radio and Newspaper Advertising
- May 1997 until December 1998—£698,503.
Therefore the total spend on research and advertising for the period May 1997 until December 1998 was £808,938 or an average of £40,941 per month. There were no direct marketing costs.
This compares with a total spend of £2,843,282; (advertising £2,824,471; research £8,811), or an average of £236,940 per month, for the previous financial year 1996–97.
- New Deal
- Public Opinion Research
- May 1997 until December 1998—£117,177
- Television, Radio and Newspaper Advertising
- May 1997 until December 1998—£7,862,867.
Therefore the total spend on research and advertising for the period May 1997 to December 1998 was £7,980,044 or an average of £399,002 per month. There were no direct marketing costs.
Since New Deal was not in existence before May 1997, comparisons cannot be made with 1996–97 expenditure.
Agencies and NDPBs
The expenditure on behalf of agencies and non-departmental public bodies was included in the reply given on 12 January 1999, Official Report, column 145.
COI
The expenditure incurred by the Central Office of Information is included as appropriate in the reply given on 12 January and in the above figures for the ES and New Deal.