§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what has been the expenditure of her(a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies on newspaper advertising by title in each year since 1997. [26989]
§ Dr. HowellsThe Department's total expenditure on newspaper advertising over the years in question is shown in the table. The Department uses newspaper advertising mainly to attract candidates for the many public appointments for which the Department is responsible but it also includes the cost of external recruitment exercises for the Department itself. Expenditure by title is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
£ 1997–981 0 1998–991 244,377 1999–20001 139,501 2001–011 121,012 2001–022 83,514 1 Outturn 2 To date The Department has 66 non-departmental public bodies and does not keep central records of their newspaper advertising. The cost of tracing and listing each public body's advertising and promotional campaigns could be provided only at disproportionate cost.