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Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 16 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much her Department has spent on (a) television and (b) radio advertising in each year since 1997-98 in (i) real and (ii) nominal terms. (109667)

The following tables set out how much the Department has spent on television and radio advertising in each year since 2000-05 in real and nominal terms.

Financial information on television and radio advertising is only available for the last five years. Figures pre-2001 are no longer accessible due to the switch-over to a new financial management system.

TV advertising spend

£ million

Nominal

Real

2001-02

8.7

8.3

2002-03

9.05

8.60

2003-04

18.75

18.36

2004-05

17.77

17.59

2005-06

13.82

13.82

Radio advertising spend

£ million

Nominal

Real

2001-02

2.10

2.42

2002-03

2.03

2.22

2003-04

2.12

2.26

2004-05

3.74

3.78

2005-06

3.90

3.90