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Departmental Marketing

Volume 508: debated on Tuesday 6 April 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department and its agencies spent on promotional items carrying the Department's branding and logo in the last five years; and what those items were. (324715)

The amount spent on promotional items carrying the Departments and its agencies branding and logo in the last five years is as follows:

Home Office and UK Border Agency

The requested information is not held centrally and cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.

Figures for the Identity and Passport Agency and Criminal Records Bureau are shown in the following tables.

Identity and Passport Agency

Amount (£)

2008

Promotional stationary for the UK Passport Service for Five Nations Passport Issuers Conference

2,437

2009

Idsmart pens and plastic oyster card wallets

3,927

2010

General Register Office mousemats

1,779.62

Criminal Records Bureau

Amount (£)

28 March 2006

1,200 black pens with CRB contact information

445.00

10 May 2006

1,200 black pens with CRB contact information

445.00

4 September 2008

30 crystal pyramids and 1,000 black pens with CRB logo

839.00

10 November 2008

30 crystal pyramids and 1,000 black pens with CRB logo

865.60

19 March 2009

4,000 black pens and 4,000 a4 card folders with CRB logo

4,883.00

27 January 2010

1,200 desk calendars with CRB logo

997.50

27 January 2010

CRB image bank costs

475.00