§ Miss KirkbrideTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on recruitment advertisements in the press, broken down by publication, by(a) his Department, (b) quangos under the Department and (c) non-departmental Government bodies under the Department (i) in the last year and (ii) since the Department's creation. [145808]
§ Mr. McNultyThe Department for Transport was formed in May 2002. The Department uses the most appropriate publication for recruitment advertising, be it national, regional, trade magazine or website, depending on the nature of the vacancy.
The following are details of the costs incurred by DfT (Central) for recruitment advertising.
2002–03: £241,868.87 2003–04 to date: £349,117.32. This does not include the Department's Agencies and NDPBs as they have responsibility for their own recruitment below the Senior Civil Service.