Departmental Public Relations
(2) how much was spent on each of the firms listed in the answer since June 2001.
[Official Report, 31 March 2009, Vol. 490, c. 1144-46W.]
Letter of correction from Jonathan Shaw:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood (Mr. Hurd) on 31 March 2009. Two PR agencies were omitted from the original list and the expenditure figures for COI for the years 2006-07 to 2007-08 were incorrect.
The correct answer should have been:
The information requested in the two questions above is provided in the following table:
Year and expenditure PR agency 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 DWP Frameworks/Contracts Geronimo n/a 459 692 397 777 491 0 Hill and Knowlton n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Forster Company n/a 0 0 217 0 0 0 Trimedia Harrison Cowley Ltd (formerly Citigate Communications) n/a 0 0 0 190 133 0 Fishburn Hedges n/a 0 0 0 369 295 598 August One n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Porter Novelli n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Consolidated Communications n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Munroe and Foster n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 QBO Bell Pottinger n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 COI n/a 0 0 17 33 17 14 Band and Brown n/a 0 242 0 0 0 0 Beattie Communications n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pergoda n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 GCI London n/a 0 308 383 112 0 0 Red Consultancy n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 396 873 Manning Selvage and Lee n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 113 NDPBs (1) Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Mandate (formerly AS Biss) n/a n/a n/a 129 180 241 0 Weber Shandwick n/a 0 0 0 0 0 26 GCI (UK) n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Exposure n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eloqui n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 PR21 n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Furner Communications n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) Independent Living Fund (ILF) Engage Group (formerly Limehouse) n/a 0 0 0 0 27 23 Hill and Knowlton n/a 0 0 0 0 19 12 (3) Pensions Protection Fund (PPF) Fishburn Hedges n/a 0 0 0 36 71 26 Martin Adeney Associates n/a 46 75 63 20 0 0 David Felton Media Consultancy n/a 0 0 0 78 71 77 Warwick Emmanuel n/a 2 16 26 33 27 45 Compro PR n/a 29 10 0 0 0 0 Impact Press and PR n/a 39 19 21 48 14 0 Harris Associates n/a 6 80 93 109 123 93 Nexus n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 (4) The Pensions Regulator (TPR) Citigate Dewe Rogerson n/a 0 0 0 7 0 0 (5) Remploy Martin Adeney Associates 0 46 75 63 20 0 0 David Felton Media Consultancy 0 0 0 0 78 71 77 Warwick Emmanuel 0 2 16 26 33 27 45 Compro PR 0 29 10 0 0 0 0 Impact Press and PR 0 39 19 21 48 14 0 Harris Associates 0 6 80 93 109 123 93 Nexus 0 30 21 21 37 10 0 n/a = Information is not available for 2001-02 as records were not held centrally and the Central Office of Information service was not being used.
The following NDPBs and other bodies have reported that they have incurred no expenditure with public relations agencies in the period in question:
Disability Employment Advisory Committee
Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board
Equality 2025
Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
Personal Accounts Delivery Authority
Pensions Ombudsman
Social Security Advisory Committee
Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman
The Pensions Advisory Service
Working Ventures UK
Motability
Independent Review Service for the Social Fund
The Disability Rights Commission, which was referred to in the March 2006 question, was dissolved from September 2007 and its paper and electronic records have been archived. The Department would incur disproportionate cost in accessing these records to obtain the required information.