To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years. (277159)

The Department is unable to provide this information as it is not held in the format requested. However, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on recruitment advertising on 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 23-24W, to the hon. Member for North Devon (Nick Harvey).