To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 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. (318069)

The Department’s expenditure on communications, including advertising, is set out in its annual reports, which include details of the initiatives communicated. Departmental annual reports are available on the Department’s website at:

www.communities.gov.uk

Additional detail on the most recent year (2008-09) is available at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1298507.pdf

Information on advertising by the Department’s non-departmental public bodies and Executive agencies is not held centrally and could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.