To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Crawley on 1 July (WA 55), what was their expenditure on advertising which was not handled by the Central Office of Information, by issue and by department, in each of the past five financial years for which figures are available. [HL4890]

This information is not collected centrally. Each government department, agency and NDPB is responsible for setting its own communications priorities and outputs, and each Secretary of State is responsible to Parliament.