Departmental Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in each of the last five years. (277157)

The following table shows how much DEFRA has spent on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years.

£
Type	April 2004 to March 2005	April 2005 to March 2006	April 2006 to March 2007	April 2007 to March 2008	April 2008 to March 2009	Total
Dailies	28,076	—	—	—	139,392	167,468
Weeklies	7,984	—	—	—	24,431	32,415
Total	36,060	0	0	0	163,823	199,883

The increase in spend in the last financial year (April 2008 to March 2009) correlated with the start of our major consumer-facing campaign, Act on CO₂.

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009