§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and skills how much was spent by(a) her Department and (b) bodies for which it is responsible on external public relations consultants in each of the last four years. [27388]
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§ Mr. Ivan LewisExpenditure by the Department on campaign extension activities through external public relations consultancies in the past four years is as follows. Information on expenditure by the Department's agencies is not held centrally.
Year Campaign Consultancy Spend (£000) 1999 Reading and Literacy Hill and Knowlton 1620 2000 Maths Year COI 16 2000 Childcare helpline COI 1 2000 Connexions Kinross and Render 4 2000 Don't quit now Beer Devies 196 2000 UK Online centres Geronimo 63 2001 UK Online centres Geronimo 52 2001 New Deal Hill and Knowlton 46 2001 Connexions Kinross and Render 42 2001 Foundation Degrees QBO 114 2001 Childcare Recruitment Barclay Stratton 90 2001 Work Life Balance Fishburn Hedges 89 2001 Individual Learning Accounts Shandwick International 110 2001 Widening Participation in Higher Education Harrison Cowley 62 2002 Adult Basics Skills Fishburn Hedges 2103 2002 Work Life Balance Fishburn Hedges 217 2002 UK Online Geronimo 290 2002 Aim Higher Geronimo 2100 1 Figure includes general publicity activity, on organising roadshows and events. in addition to campaign extension work. A breakdown between categories is not available. 2 On-going campaign—figure shown is anticipated spend for year.