To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints about advertisements sponsored or funded by her Department were made to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in each year from 1997 to 2008; and how many of these were upheld by the ASA in each year. (246641)

Complaints made about Home Office adverts are made directly to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)—not the Home Office. The Home Office is only informed of a complaint if the ASA decide to investigate. We are therefore unable to provide figures for the numbers of complaints.

During the period 1 January 1997 to 21 December 2008 no complaints were upheld by the ASA about a Home Office advertisement.