To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on advertising in (a) 1995, (b) 1997 and (c) 2003. [133729]

Expenditure is recorded on a financial year basis and is shown in the following table.

£ million
1995–96	6.4
1996–97	5.7
1997–98	4.5
1998–99	4.6
1999–2000	5.2
2000–01	7.8
2001–02	9.8
2002–03	10.2
2003–04	9.5
1 estimated advertising outturn

The increase in expenditure since 2000–01 reflects additional road safety advertising in support of the Government's road safety strategy "Tomorrow's Roads—Safer For Everyone" published in March 2000.