HC Deb 07 September 2004 vol 424 cc973-4W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money was spent on advertising and promotional literature for his Department's initiatives, broken down by year since 1997. [183805]

Mr. Miliband

The information is as follows.

1. Expenditure details from the Department's central advertising and public budget, for advertising and promotional work is listed as follows:

Expenditure (£million)
1997–98 11.0
1998–99 13.4
1999–2000 9.9
2000–01 14.6
2001–02 11.7
2002–03 14.1
2003–04 15.5
2004–05 expenditure (budgeted) 15.3

2. Financial information for any other advertising and promotional work from outside of the central marketing team could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.