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Advertising Campaigns

Volume 448: debated on Thursday 6 July 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. (81915)

The Department’s records are retained on a financial year basis, and it is only possible to provide annual information on advertising campaigns from April 2004 to present. The following tables show advertising campaign expenditure broken down by year and title:

2004-05

Advertising campaign title

£000

Education Maintenance Allowance

4,511

DfES Supermarket Sweep

502

Sure Start

133

Adult Basic Skills—Gremlins

5,875

Teenage Pregnancy

1,087

Student Finance

1,224

Fast Track Teaching

73

Foundation Degrees

556

DfES Childcare

295

Need to Know

400

DfES Parents Centre

182

Total

14,838

2005-06

Advertising campaign title

£000

Sure Start

3

Education Maintenance Allowance

1,499

Teenage Pregnancy

1,497

Childcare Recruitment

661

Adult Basic Skills - Gremlins

1,818

Student finance

3,271

DfES Parents Centre

149

Every Child Matters

2

Parenting Pilot

637

Foundation Degrees

869

Fast Track Teaching

19

DfES Education and Learning Launch

204

Need to Know

118

Total

10,747

All figures in the tables are exclusive of VAT. We would only be able to break down information from July 2004 at disproportionate cost.