To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on advertising by (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible in 2009. (317653)

The following table summarises the Home Office, the UK Border Agency (UKBA), Identity and Passport Service (IPS) and Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) forecast spend on advertising for the financial year 2009-10.

The activity that has been scheduled may still be subject to alteration and the total for each media may change.

The figures quoted are for net media costs and do not include production costs or fees, except for the IPS spend which includes production costs for below the line advertising.

Recruitment advertising has not been included as it is not done centrally but carried out across the Department and hence spend could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.