HC Deb 20 June 2000 vol 352 c144W
Mr. Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in each year since May 1997.[125693]

Mr. Byers

Expenditure on advertising by the DTI, which was all placed through the Central Office of Information, was as follows:

£
1997–98 12,373,637
1998–99 15,543,938
1999–2000 11,714,573
1Excluding VAT