To ask the Solicitor-General how much has been spent by the Law Officers’ Departments on public relations in each of the last five years. (139450)

The Law Officers’ Departments’ publicity and press work is conducted by its in-house Press and Communications Teams. It is not possible to distinguish the costs of their proactive public relations work from that of reactive media handling.

No external PR agencies have been used by the Law Officers’ Departments during this period.