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Government Departments: Advertising

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 2 March 2010

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what advertising and marketing campaigns are being co-ordinated by the Central Office of Information in 2009-10; how many such campaigns that Office plans to co-ordinate in 2010-11; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of each such campaign. (318121)

I have asked the chief executive of the Central Office of Information to write to the right hon. Member.

Letter from Mark Lund, dated 23 February 2010:

As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question [318121] asking for information regarding advertising and marketing campaigns co-ordinated by COI in 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Figures for campaigns, for the current year, co-ordinated by COI have not yet been finalised.

Accurate information for the current financial year will only be published once the annual accounts have been fully audited.

Estimates of the cost and number of campaigns are not held by COI but by the commissioning department.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many companies participate in the Central Office of Information framework agreement for online advertising; what the monetary value is of the contracts under the framework agreement; and on what date that agreement was made in its final form. (318132)

I have asked the chief executive of the Central Office of Information to write to the right hon. Member.

Letter from Mark Lund, dated 23 February 2010:

As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question [318132] asking for information regarding the online adverting framework.

The COI does not have a framework for online advertising, this may however be included on other frameworks that we manage, and a list can be found on our website:

www.coi.gov.uk