HC Deb 22 July 2004 vol 424 c555W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much money was spent on advertising and promotional literature for his Department's initiatives, broken down by year since 1997. [183809]

Phil Hope

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was created on 29 May 2002.

In the financial year 2002–03 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister spent £3,347,000 on advertising, the majority on the Fire Safety campaign, and approximately £700,000 on promotional literature.

In the financial year 2003–04 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister spent £3,411,000 on advertising, the majority on the Fire Safety campaign, and approximately £650,000 on promotional literature.

Figures for the Department's agencies and non-departmental bodies are not held centrally and could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.