§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department spent on information literature, advertising and campaign material in the financial years(a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97, (c) 1997–98, (d) 1998–99 (e) 1999–2000 and (f) 2000–01; and if she will make a statement. [12268]
§ Clare ShortWe have since 1997 published all our major strategy documents, including all country and institutional strategy papers, as well as major consultation papers and speeches. Our publishing output has therefore expanded considerably.
We do not produce anything which we would regard as campaign material. Our spending on publications over the period in question is as follows:
Year £000 1995–96 352 1996–97 318 1997–98 166 1998–99 347 1999–2000 570 2000–01 639 We do not have a specific advertising budget. However, the bulk of our paid advertising is in relation to recruitment advertising in newspapers and journals. This costs between £1 million to £1.2 million annually.