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To ask Her Majesty's Government which initiatives of the Department for International Development or its agencies have been advertised in each of the past five years; how much was spent in each case; and which were carried out via the Central Office of Information. [HL5335]
In the past five years, the Department for International Development (DFID) has spent the following on advertising and publicity. Ninety-eight per cent of this expenditure has been for procurement and recruitment reasons.
Year Total amount (£) Amount spent via COI 2004 703,719 Nil 2005 423,952 Nil 2006 699,898 Nil 2007 310,191 75,990 2008 338,887 338,887
DfID has advertised other initiatives that do not fall into the categories above during the past five years, but information on them is not held centrally and cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate costs.
DfID has one non-departmental public body, the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission (CSC), which undertakes publicity and advertising to promote scholarship opportunities and the commission’s professional fellowship programme. The breakdown of spend over the past five years is shown below:
Year Total amount Amount spent via COI 2004-5 24,366 Nil 2005-6 19,562 Nil 2006-7 20,342 Nil 2007-8 19,346 Nil 2008-9 12,426 Nil