To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department has spent on external (a) communications, (b) branding and (c) marketing advice for the Thames Gateway project. (103854)

My Department has spent a total of £330,000 on communications including the development of the Thames Gateway section of the Department for Communities and Local Government website, information capture mechanisms, inward investment marketing and surveys of residents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will break down by programme expenditure on the Thames Gateway initiative in the (a) London, (b) Eastern and (c) South East region in the most recent year for which figures are available. (117528)

Expenditure by the Department for Communities and Local Government as part of the Thames Gateway programme in the year ending 31 March 2006 was broken down as follows:

This is in addition to cross-government investment in infrastructure in the Thames Gateway.