§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 12 June,132W Official Report, column 1026W, what his Department's budget for public relations consultants in the financial years 2003–04 and 2004–05 is. [128237]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggThe Department's anticipated expenditure on public relations consultants in 2003–04 is £1,573,000. Plans and budgets for the Department's communications activity, including use of public relation consultants, for 2004–05 have not yet been developed and so it is not possible to give the information requested.