HC Deb 10 May 2002 vol 385 cc383-4W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of his Department's projects have received sponsorship since 1997, including(a) details of the sponsor, (b) the nature of the project, (c) the date of the project, (d) the total cost of the project and (e) the amount of money involved in the sponsorship deal. [48403]

Angela Eagle

[holding answer 11 April 2002]: The information available on projects that have received sponsorship since 1997, including details of sponsor, nature and date of the project, total cost and the amount of money involved in the sponsorship deal is as follows:

Project—Burglary Taskforce
Sponsor Sponsorship Value£ Total cost £ Date
British Gas 30,000* 2.25 million April 2000
Electricity Association 30,000
British Telecom 3,000
Water United Kingdom 200,000

For further information, provided below are details for non-monetary sponsorships. The value of the sponsorship has been calculated as "added value" to the campaign. It is not cash received by the Home Office.

Chip Pan Safety Campaign
Sponsor Sponsorship Value£ Total Cost £ Date
B & Q 7,560 305,000 November 1997/ March 1998
Tesco 5,693
Moorhouses Brewery 6,600
Smoke Alarm Maintenance/Education/Awareness Campaign
Sponsor Sponsorship Value£ Total Cost£ Date
Duracell 309,250 370,000 January 1999
E1 Electronics 26,000
Homebase 16,000
Woolworths 6,000
B & Q 5,000
Focus Do It All 30,000
Kidde Safety 11,500
National Chip Pan Campaign
Sponsor Sponsorship Value£ Total Cost£ Date
First Alert 5,000 1.33 Million August/September 1999
Morphy Richards 10,775
Comet 386,600
Curry's (Dixons Group) 27,500
Escape Route Campaign
Sponsor Sponsorship Value£ Total Cost£ Date
Safestyle UK plc 12,500 345,000 February 2000
National Escape Route
Sponsor Sponsorship Value£ Total Cost£ Date
Comet 41,133 5 million September 2000
First Alert 6,774
BBC Worldwide 44,600
GMTV 450,000
E1 Electronics 31,390
Homebase 9,000
Woolworths 124,230
B&Q 52,000
Vehicle Crime Reduction Campaign
Sponsor Sponsorship Value£ Total Cost£ Date
RAC Auto 15.015 million July 2000 TO date
Windscreens 303,000
RAC 180,000
Lycos 29,000
Kwik-fit 130,000
Ford 150,000
Retainagroup 189,500
Tracker 38,800
NCP 40,000
AA Insurance 180,500
Child Protection on the Internet
Sponsor Sponsorship Value£ Total Cost£ Date
Bolt.com 19,000 1.1 million November 2001-March 2002
Yahoo 22,000
MSN 22,000