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Departmental Advertising

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what advertising expenditure (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies have incurred in each of the last five years, broken down by budget heading. (240638)

Promotional campaigns, including those using advertising, are funded from the Department's central advertising and publicity budget and from individual programme budgets held by policy directorates.

Advertising is part of a fully integrated promotional campaign. The question refers specifically to advertising and we have been able to separate the Department's spend on advertising, as this is centrally placed through the Central Office of Information. The cost of recruitment advertising for the Department has not been included as it is not possible to establish a definitive figure, except at disproportionate expense. The Department's advertising spend and that of its predecessor (DfES) since 2004 is set out in the following tables, with a breakdown of individual campaigns. All figures exclude VAT. Non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have their own separate funding streams and consequently administer and manage their own advertising expenditure.

DFES advertising billing 2004-05

£

Campaign title

Media total

EMA 2004-05

3,853,254

Sure Start Month 2004-05

127,002

Adult Basic Skills Gremlins 2004-05

4,664,833

Teenage Pregnancy (DFES) 2004-05

980,127

Student Finance 2004-05

886,727

Fast Track Teaching 2004-05

69,342

Foundation Degrees 2004-05

483,463

DFES Childcare 2004-05

281,269

Need to Know 2004-05

275,116

DFES Parents Centre 2004-05

172,284

DFES Total

11,793,417

DFES advertising billing 2005-06

£

Campaign title

Media total

DFES Sure Start 2005-06

2,527

EMA 2005-06

1,261,310

Teenage Pregnancy 2005-06

1,298,991

Childcare Recruitment 05-06

590,758

DFES Adult Basic Skills—Gremlins 2005-06

1,514,280

DFES Adult Basic Skills—Gremlins Miscellaneous 2005-06

125,687

Student Finance 2005-06

2,130,459

DFES Parents Centre 2005-06

142,771

ECM Press Advertising 2005-06

1,984

Foundation Degrees 2005-06

634,353

Fast Track Teaching 2005-06

17,806

DFES Parenting Franchise (Direct Gov Launch) 2005-06

439,878

DFES Education and Learning—Launch Campaign 2005-06

85,479

Need to Know 2005-06

53,971

DFES Total

8,300,254

DFES advertising billing 2006-07

£

Campaign title

Media total

Student Finance 2006-07

2,476,295

Adult Basic Skills 06-07

1,805,199

Teenage Pregnancy 2006-07

1,533,980

Childcare Recruitment 2006-07

404,664

Children and Young People's Workforce Insert 2006-07

45,123

Drugs—Frank 2006-07 (Home Office project also)

245,629

Total

£6,510,890

DCSF advertising billing 2007-08

£

Campaign title

Media total

Childcare 2007-08

134,943

City Challenge 2007-08

52,707

DCSF Sponsored Parenting Phase 1 2007-08

24,568

STEM 2007-08

285,075

MFL 2007-08

87,209

School Food Trust 2007-08

377,419

Frank 2007-08 (DCSF only)

632,533

Teenage Pregnancy 2007-08

1,499,163

Skills Pledge June 2007

34,781

Diplomas 2007-08

1,459,491

Total

4,587,889