§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the annual budget for communications activities, including press, public relations, marketing and internal communications, was for his Department for each financial year from 1997–98 to 2001–02. [39913]
§ Dr. John ReidDetails of the Department's (including its agencies, but excluding NDPB's as we do not have access to a breakdown of their expenditure) total expenditure on:
Press/public relations/marketing £ 1997–98 1,077,706 1998–99 2,466,691 1999–2000 695,017 2000–01 591,075 2001–02 11,201,623 1 To date. Estimated total is £1,441,173. It is not possible to identify separate costs for internal communications (i.e. staff magazines or press cuttings).