To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what funding her Department provided for the v charity launch event on 8 May 2006. (106538)

To date, v has been allocated£1.26 million for marketing and communications activities in 2006-07. The costs of the launch event were met from within this budget. The budget covers a range of marketing and communications activities devised to promote awareness of v to young people and others through conferences and events; development and production of promotional materials; market research; public relations and public affairs and the wider work of the marketing and communications team.