§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much money was spent on advertising and promotional literature for his Department's initiatives, broken down by year since 1997. [183804]
Mr. Gareth ThomasDFID's expenditure on publicity, which forms a part of our effort to raise development awareness and understanding of international development issues in the UK, has been as follows:
£ Amount 1996–97 579,916 1997–98 399,755 1998–99 674.531 1999–2000 879,354 2000–01 1,484,281 2001–02 1,286,053 2002–03 1,300,000 2002ߝ04 773,772 DFID does not hold a separate advertising budget, the majority of advertising relates to recruitment advertising in newspapers and journals. Figures for the four calendar years 2000–03 are as follows. Expenditure figures for the previous years are not available:
£ Amount 2000 751,972 2001 1,208,191 2002 914,571 2003 871,246