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Government Departments: Publicity

Volume 489: debated on Wednesday 11 March 2009

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was spent by the Government on public relations, advertising and marketing in each year from 1995 to 2005 according to figures held by the Central Office of Information. (247596)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.

Letter from Alan Bishop, dated 30 January 2009:

As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question [247596] Government expenditure on public relations, advertising and marketing on figures held by COI for year from 1995 to 2005.

These are listed in the table below.

Year

£ million

1995-06

76

1996-07

81.2

1997-08

68.6

1998-09

126.7

1999-2000

148.6

2000-01

227.1

2001-02

196.7

2002-03

189.8

2003-04

233.6

2004-05

251