HC Deb 22 July 2002 vol 389 cc721-2W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department spent on information literature, advertising and campaign material in financial year 2001–02; if she will list the campaigns that spent over £250,000; and if she will make a statement. [70210]

Clare short

We have since 1997 published all our major strategy documents, including two White Papers, all country and institutional strategy papers, as well as

Company Size Sector Country Date
Digicel US$20 million Telecoms and converging technologies El Salvador July 2002
Southern Cone Power Ltd. US$70 million Power Peru, Chile, Argentina March 2002
DVI, Inc. US$25 million Healthcare Americas March 2002
UTI Bank 26 per cent. Financial institutions India December 2001
Medi Kredit 57 per cent. Healthcare South Africa November 2001
NorthPole Ltd. US$30 million Consumer business China October 2001
Songas US$18 million Power Tanzania October 2001
MSI Cellular US$40 million Telecoms and converging technologies Pan Africa September 2001
Medscheme Ltd. 9 per cent. Healthcare South Africa September 2001
Vancouver Airport Services US$30.5 million Transport Americas April 2001
Ace Power US$2.7 million Power India April 2001
Praxis Active Equity Fund II US$8 million Healthcare South Africa February 2001
Aquarius Platinum US$12 million Minerals, oil and gas South Africa January 2001
The Medicine Shoppe US$1 million Healthcare India January 2001
MRO-tek US$1.12 million Telecoms and converging technologies India December 2000
Prime Cure Clinics 12 per cent. Healthcare Africa December 2000
Gateway Container £12 million Transport Pan Asia December 2000
Regal Forest US$15 million Consumer business Central America December 2000
Puerto Quetzal Power Project 25 per cent. Power Guatemala October 2000
Corporacion Fischel SA US$5 million Healthcare Costa Rica September 2000
DFCU 35 per cent. Financial institutions Uganda May 2000
Tsavo Power US$19 million Power Kenya May 2000
Konkola Copper Mines US$30 million Minerals, oil and gas Zambia April 2000
San Pedro de Macoris US$25 million Power Dominican Republic April 2000
Cineplex US$4.9 million Consumer business Peru March 2000
Compania Minera Colquiri (CMC) US$10 million Minerals, oil and gas Bolivia January 2000
China National Offshore Oil Company US$25 million Minerals, oil and gas China January 2000
Empresa Generadora de Electricidad US$74 million Power Nicaragua January 2000
SSB Bank 20 per cent. Financial institutions Ghana December 1999
Satyam Infoway US$12 million Telecoms and converging technologies India December 1999
Guyana Power and Light 50 per cent. Power Guyana October 1999
Orzunil de Electricidad Limitada US$20 million Power Guatemala September 1999
Kingdom Transport Ltd. US$6.9 million Transport Ghana September 1999
South Asia Gateway Terminals US$42 million Transport Sri Lanka August 1999
Ferrocarril Central del Peru 30 per cent. Transport Peru July 1999
Protea Hospitality Corporation 40 per cent. Property Pan Africa April 1999
African Lion Ltd. US$8 million Minerals, oil and gas Pan Africa February 1999
Kondapalli Power Corporation Ltd. 25 per cent. Power India January 1999

major consultation papers and speeches. Our publishing output continues to expand.

We do not produce anything which we would regard as campaign material. Our spending on publications over the period in question is as follows:

2001–02: £1,060,000.

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. The cost in 2001 calendar year was £1.208 million.