HC Deb 14 April 2003 vol 403 c481W
Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department spent on advertising in each of the last five financial years; what the most expensive campaign was in each of these years; and how much these campaigns cost. [109175]

Ms Hewitt

The information requested is as follows:

£
Financial Year Advertising expenditure (via COI) Most expensive campaign Amount
1998–99 13,760,086 Action 2000 (all campaigns) 8,207,738
1999–2000 13,341,889 Action 2000 (all campaigns) 11,619,875
2000–01 12,686,309 National Minimum Wage 3,505,047
2001–02 7,128,875 UK Online for Business 2,509,823
2002–03 112,284,379 SBS business link 16,014,079
1Provisional