To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department’s total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media. (128064)

The Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999. The Office does not record separate figures for campaigns by television, radio and print. Figures for 1999-2000 are not available; the Office spent the following on advertising:

Most of the expenditure in 2000-01 and 2001-02 relates to electoral registration matters; since 2001, this has been the responsibility of the Electoral Commission.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers or publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic of each was. (129949)

Nothing.