HC Deb 30 January 2003 vol 398 cc957-8W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much(a) her Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by her Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995–96 to 2002–03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement. [92249]

Alun Michael

DEFRA as a Department did not exist prior to June 2001.

The Department's centralised publicity expenditure is not recorded in the format requested. Our expenditure for publicity, which includes advertising, publications, events, shows and direct information literature mailings, in financial year 2001–02 was £6.64 million. The allocation for publicity in 2002–03 is £4.1 million.

A breakdown of the expenditure for each agency and non-departmental body sponsored by the Department could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.