The former Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) spent £417,906 on press advertising via the Central Office of Information in 2008-09 as follows:
£ Agency Workers Campaign 2008-09 341,212 Employing People 2008-09 37,140 National Minimum Wage 2008-09 30,260 Dispute Resolution 2008-09 5,977 Trawlermen Compensation Scheme 2008-09 3,317 Total 417,906
In addition central financial records indicate that BERR spent £90,235 in 2008-09 through an advertising agency on advertising for external recruitment.
The former Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) spent £208,137 on press advertising via the Central Office of Information in 2008-09 as below:
£ Higher Education Student Finance campaign 2008-09 58,560 Science Innovation Press Campaign 2008-09 149,577 Total 208,137
A breakdown of expenditure on newspaper advertising by title could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has not done any advertising of the Department due to machinery of government changes.