Recruitment Advertising (Hansard, 27 February 2004)

HC Deb 27 February 2004 vol 418 c583W 583W

§ Pete Wishart
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her Department's expenditure on recruitment advertising was in each of the last three years, broken down by publication; and what proportion of such expenditure was(a) to advertise vacant posts and (b) in the form of other general recruitment advertising. [155529]

§ Alun Michael
As Defra was created in June 2001 information prior to this date is unavailable.
Given the current structure of the HR function within the Department the information requested is available only at disproportionate cost.