§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in each of the last 10 years. [115094]
§ Mr. WillsThe Department's spending on advertising as the Department for Education and Employment, and previously as the Employment Department and Department for Education, over the past 10 years is:
£ Employment Department 1989–90 2,016,305 1990–91 7,094,284 1991–92 9,154,140 1992–93 3,180,585 1993–94 7,259,450 1994–95 6,477,791 1995–96 7,713,740 Department for Education 1989–90 260,883 1990–91 2,405,522 1991–92 2,562,505 1992–93 734,599 1993–94 1,379,573 1994–95 114,423 1995–96 582,134 Department for Education and Employment 1996–97 7,537,917 1997–98 119,992,350 1998–99 215,673,258 1 Of this £6,093.649 was used to attract businesses to New Deal 2 Of this £6,578,202 was used to attract businesses to New Deal—by December 1999, New Deal had helped find jobs for 219,420 people and is helping cut welfare bills—and £1,848,223 was spent on a campaign to encourage parents to help with their children's reading.