To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding her Department allocated for publicity and promotional purposes in its budget for 2008-09. (267455)

The Home Office allocated £13,183,000 for the financial year 2008-09. This was allocated to a range of public facing activity which includes advertising, public relations, events, leaflets and supporting literature. This figure excludes executive agency and NDPB expenditure, VAT, supplier fees, and recruitment advertising.