To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many advertisements to attract students were placed by each university in each year since 1997; which universities placed such advertisements; how many were placed (a) in print newspapers and magazines, (b) on a website and (c) on television and radio; and at what cost in each case. (249385)

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was formed in June 2007, following the Machinery of Government changes, and as a result we are only able to provide information from June 2007.

The Department does not hold the information requested centrally and there would be a disproportionate cost to gather the information requested.