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Departmental Publicity

Volume 470: debated on Wednesday 23 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent by her Department on advertising in the last 12 months. (167955)

The information requested is shown in the following table.

In the financial year 2006-07, the Home Office has spent a total of £14,182,537 on advertising, which was allocated to the following areas of public concern:

£

Crime Reduction

Acquisitive Crime (Robbery, Burglary and Car Theft)

3,295,134

Domestic Violence

806,200

Rape - Consent awareness

287,664

Alcohol Fixed Penalty Notices

233,832

National Knife Amnesty

138,622

Stop and Search awareness

135,264

Child protection on the Internet

47,092

Alcohol Harm Reduction

2,052,614

Single Non Emergency Number

1,002,780

Drugs

Frank

3,510,850

Police Recruitment

Police Community Support Officers 2006-07

1,829,370

Passports (IPS)

IPS Communications

22,680

Immigration (BIA)

Immigration 2006-07

795,450

Classified

Recruitment

24,984

Total

14,182,537

The costs provided relate to net media, excluding fees and production, on press, TV, cinema, out of home and radio advertising.