§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions 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. [39908]
§ Dr. WhiteheadAnnual expenditure in the years requested was as follows:
£ million Director of Communication administration expenditure 1 Departmental external publicity and marketing expenditure Total 1997–98 6.3 12.5 18.8 1998–99 7.0 11.2 18.2 1999–2000 6.5 20.4 26.9 2000–01 6.3 25.7 32.0 2001–022 5.8 20.2 26.0 1 Excluding external publicity 2 Latest forecast