HC Deb 19 July 2004 vol 424 cc45-6W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money was spent on advertising and promotional literature for her Department"s initiatives, broken down by year since 1997. [183806]

£
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Design typesetting and pdfs ect. n/a 38,664 46,142 40,212 45,144 56,105 45,524 40,813
Print (buy back copies form TSO n/a 16,800 25,000 18,310 24,648 24,774 118,140 116,187

Mr. Caborn

The Department has not spent any money on promotional advertising in this period. The spend on departmental publications and events since 1997 broken down by year is as follows:

Amount (£)
1997–98 252,766
1998–99 345,800
1999–2000 522,399
2000–01 532,609
2001–02 324,768
2002–03 392.963
2003–04 1537,743
1 Provisional pending final annual accounts