§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [39911]
§ Ruth KellyFigures for the annual budgets for the communications team at the Treasury are presented in the table.
£ Financial year Total communication budget 1997–98 869,956 1998–99 961,358 1999–2000 1,281,295 2000–01 1,569,494 2001–02 1,945,294 In addition, in 2001–02 there was a one-off spend on updating the Treasury"s website. The cost of this one-off project is given in my answer to the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Mr. Flight) on 19 December 2001, Official Report, column 321W.