§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what is the total spent by her Department on central(a) advertising and marketing and (b) administration of education action zones; and what each of these amounts are as a proportion of total departmental expenditure on education action zones. [20829]
§ Mr. TimmsThe Department has spent currently this year £130,000 on publicity for Education Action Zones, which is 0.15 per cent. of the total annual departmental expenditure on Education Action Zones.
The total central administration cost of all Statutory Education Action Zones and Excellence in Cities Action Zones is £577,000. This is the annual running cost budget, which is 0.7 per cent. of the total annual departmental expenditure on education action zones.