Publicity Expenditure (Hansard, 25 March 2002)

§ Mr. Bercow

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the total real terms expenditure of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies on publicity in each of the years(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99, (c) 1999–2000, (d) 2000–01

£
	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	Total
Vehicles	10,089	14,064	51,397	40,949	116,499
Reprographic equipment¹	160,000	414,155	215,514	514,867	1,304,536
Other equipment²	8,148	48,073	21,160	94,248	171,629
IT³	2,835	167,606	5,732	29,763	205,936
	181,072	643,898	293,803	679,827	1,798,600
¹ Reprographic equipment includes photocopiers and multi-function devices.
² Other equipment includes post room equipment, franking machines and fax machines.
³ IT includes PCs and data tracking equipment.

Notes:

Women's Unit, Women's National Commission, PIU and CMPS joined Cabinet Office.

Office of e-envoy established.

All figures provided are for the full leasing term. They have been entered under the financial year in which the leasing arrangement was awarded.

Equipment should be leased when it offers better value for money than direct purchase bearing in mind the products whole life costs and quality to meet (but not exceed) the requirement. These costs include maintenance, running and disposal costs, not simply initial costs.