To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper or publication supplements and (b) funding “advertorials” in newspapers or publications, in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic was of each. (129470)

The Northern Ireland Office has only sponsored one newspaper supplement in 2006-07; this was the Organised Crime Task Force Annual Report Summary Leaflet the cost of which was £21,992.57. The Northern Ireland Office has not funded any advertorials in this period.