The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was created under the machinery of government changes in June 2007, since that time the Department and its agencies have spent the following on each of the external public relations and marketing companies included in the Central Office of Information's Public Relations Framework:
Company 2007-08 2008-09 Porter Novelli Limited 52,214.15 11,843.06 Consolidated Communications Management Limited 99,113.00 — Total 151,327.15 11,843.06