§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much(a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995–96 to 2002–03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement. [92243]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyFor the Northern Ireland Office it is not possible to disaggregate spend on publicity and advertising. The figures below cover both, for the core Department and its Agencies. Information on NDPBs is not held centrally.
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£ Total 1995–96 2,326,800 1996–97 1,247,400 1997–98 1.077,706 1998–99 2,466,691 1999–2000 695,017 2000–01 591,075 2001–02 1,223,491 2002–03 *1,083,477 *Full year estimate based on spend to date. Within the Northern Ireland administration it was not possible to disaggregate figures for publicity and advertising in all cases. Combined figures for publicity and advertising for the Northern Ireland Departments, its agencies and NDPBs for each year are set out in the following table.
£ Total Departments Agencies 1995–96 3,153,960 1,956,472 1996–97 3,016,797 2,850,578 1997–98 2,938,884 2,955,319 1998–99 4,606,517 2,809,096 1999–2000 4,508,125 3,393,004 2000–01 5,064,446 6,673,867 2001–02 5,223,778 6,177,507 2002–03* 2,265,393 7,229,788 * Estimated.