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Sir Sydney Chapman
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make a statement on the trends in spending on public information by (a) the UK Government and (b) the European Union in the last five years. [101088]
Mr. Alexander
The UK Government have spent the following on advertising in the last five years.
| £000s | ||
| Cash expenditure | Prices in real terms1 | |
| 1997–98 | 60, 000 | 65,800 |
| 1998–99 | 106,000 | 110, 600 |
| 1999–2000 | 113, 500 | 114,100 |
| 2000–01 | 192,400 | 186,600 |
| 2001–02 | 162, 600 | 162,600 |
| 1 In real terms at 2001–02 prices based on advertising media inflation rates. | ||
Source:
COI.
Advertising is used by Departments when they judge it is the most cost effective way of delivering the publicity necessary to support a policy or proposal. These figures represent the advertising commissioned on behalf of Departments and Agencies by the Central Office of Information. The EC budget finances a variety of EU information programmes, the funding amounts for which are decided on an annual basis by the budgetary authority.