Advertising

HC Deb 20 June 2000 vol 352 cc150-1W

Mr. Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in each year since May 1997. [125697]

Mr. Straw

The money spent on advertising in each financial year since May 1997 was as follows:

	£ million
1997–98	1.4
1998–99	1.8
1999–2000	5.9

In each year the major Home Office campaigns have been on fire safety, electoral registration and special constables recruitment. The higher expenditure in 1999-2000, was largely accounted for by additional expenditure on fire safety and on publicity to explain the new voting system for the European Parliamentary election.