To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what percentage of the Cabinet Office’s expenditure was on advertising in each of the last 10 years. (182991)

Advertising costs as a percentage of the Cabinet Office’s expenditure since 1997-98 can be found in the table as follows:

The increase in advertising spend in 2001-02 was due to expenditure incurred by the Office of the E-Envoy (now known as Transformational Government) for the UK Online advertising campaign, encouraging the public to use the internet, and offering help to those wanting to do so.