Expenditure by the Department of Transport and its executive agencies on corporate branded stationery and gifts in each of the last five years is shown in the following table.
These costs include a range of materials bearing the Department's or agencies' corporate branding, including letterhead, envelopes, pens and items for exhibitions or conferences.
Financial year Department for Transport 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 DfT central 59,066 17,067 13,870 13,938 19,203 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 1— 1— 96,741.64 109,980.06 124,228.70 Driving Standards Agency 4,891 32,120 31,515 57,301 133,722 Government Car and Despatch Agency 2— 2— 983 1,229 450 Highways Agency 77,792 14,407 190,833 203,040 230,532 Maritime and Coastguard Agency 107,070 95,349 210,790 157,216 86,067 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency 32,432 31,214 30,443 21,419 19,384 Vehicle Certification Agency 2,758.92 7,824.05 7,130.69 10,238 8,266.57 Total 284,009.92 197,981.05 582,306.33 574,361.06 621,853.27 1 No records available. 2 Disproportionate cost.
The terms “stationery” and “gifts” are very broad. For the purpose of providing this answer they have been interpreted as any DfT or any agency corporate branded stationery such as letterhead, compliment slips or pens, or any piece of corporate merchandise that is corporate branded (e.g. slap wraps, pens, lanyards etc). Costs have also been limited to the production of materials and do not include storage or distribution costs.
The Department also produces a range of materials under non-corporate brands in support of its objectives, such as the THINK! road safety brand, Act on CO2 brand and Transport Direct. These have not been included as the costs for materials using these brands are not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The information for both (a) and (b) is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.