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Government Initiatives: Advertising

Volume 712: debated on Monday 5 October 2009

Question

Asked by

To ask Her Majesty's Government which initiatives of the Home Office or its agencies have been advertised in each of the last five years; how much was spent in each case; and which were carried out via the Central Office of Information. [HL5333]

The attached table outlines Home Office and its agencies spend on advertising in each of the last five years, broken down by campaign area. All were carried out via the Central Office of Information.

Year

Campaign

Cost

2004-05

Acquisitive Crime Reduction

Anti-Social Behaviour

Child Protection on the internet

Clean Up campaign 2005-06

Domestic Violence

Drugs (Including FRANK campaign)

Gun Crime

Police Specials Recruitment

UK Passport Service*

£6,100,808

£366,553

£290,225

£25,722

£432,263

£936,688

£162,042

£1,885,559

£124,670

2005-06

Acquisitive Crime Reduction

Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign

Anti-Social Behaviour

Child Protection on the Internet

Clean Up Campaign

Crime Stoppers

Domestic Violence

Drugs (Including FRANK campaign)

Park Mark Car Parks

Police Specials Recruitment

Rape

UK Passport Service*

£4,123,311

£92,204

£396,475

£862,229

£39,819

£82,182

£534,587

£1,524,701

£94,260

£1,389,166

£66,153

£76,000

2006-07

Acquisitive Crime Reduction

Alcohol Binge drinking

Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign

Child Protection on the Internet

Domestic Violence

Drugs (Including FRANK campaign)

Immigration

Knife Amnesty

PCSO Recruitment

Rape

Single Non-Emergency Number

Stop and Search

Identity & Passport Service (IPS) Communications*

£3,266,192

£1,975,005

£231,713

£46,824

£800,384

£3,467,021

£790,860

£137,083

£1,748,743

£280,022

£780,325

£134,501

£105,950

2007-08

Alcohol Harm Reduction

Community Safety

Drugs (Including FRANK campaign)

Immigration

Kerb Crawling

Mobile Phone Blocking

IPS - Passport Authentication by Interview

IPS Communications*

£2,900,41

£866,889

£898,509

£1,973,558

£218,025

£190,162

£1,043,714

£78,417

2008-09

Acquisitive Crime Reduction – Burglary

Alcohol Harm Reduction

Community Safety

Drugs (including FRANK campaign)

Human Trafficking

Immigration—Points-Based System

IPS Communications*

£918,17

£2,790,203

£2,246,390

£717.397

£8,928

£2,453,007

£21,500

* IPS Communications costs (and its predecessor the UK Passport Authority) were related to informing the public of passport fee increases and encouraging the public to get the applications in early to help distribute passport demand more evenly throughout the year.

Asked by

To ask Her Majesty's Government which initiatives of the Department for Transport or its agencies (and its predecessors) have been advertised in each of the last five years; how much was spent in each case; and which were carried out via the Central Office of Information. [HL5336]

Expenditure for the Department for Transport's advertising campaigns from the 2004-05 fiscal year is in the table below.

The majority of campaign advertising investment by the department is in support of the THINK! road safety and the Act on CO2 campaigns. Major advertising investment by executive agencies has been by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, for the sale of marks, vehicle excise duty enforcement and electronic vehicle licensing.

Dept/Agency.

Campaign

04/05

05/06

06/07

07/08

08/09

DfT

THINK!

£8.75 million

£11.57 million

£7.42 million*

£1.78 million

11.67 million*

12.65 million*

Transport Direct

£240,000

£865,000

£405,000

£32,000*

£370,000

£629,000*

£42,000

Act on C02

-

-

£2.49 million*

£1.1 million

£3.56 million*

£4.7 million*

Airport Security

-

-

-

£1.01 million*

-

DVLA

Sale of Marks

£2.534 million

£2.335 million

£3.006 million

£3.124 million

£3.55 million

VED Enforcement

£5.961 million*

£4.165 million*

£5.596 million*

£3.754 million*

£3.791 million*

Accelerated Issue of Harmonised Registration Certificate

£1.424 million*

£1.211 million*

-

-

-

Electronic Vehicle Licensing

-

-

-

£2.445 million*

£2.415 million*

Others

£1.026 million*

£677,000*

£799,000*

£676,000*

£982,000*

HA

Introduction of Traffic Officer Service

-

£330,000

-

-

-

Traffic Radio Print Advertising

-

-

-

£99,000

-

Safety, Strategy and Research Advertising

-

-

-

£12,000

-

Severe Weather Advertising

-

-

-

£40,000* £6,000

-

Roadworker Safety Campaign

-

-

-

-

£60,600

“Don't be that Guy” campaign

-

-

-

-

£67,000

Pedestrian Intrusion Campaign

-

-

-

-

£29,700*

Dartford Crossing

-

-

-

-

£74,600

Summer Getaway

-

-

-

-

£63,400

GCDA

Advertising car and dispatch services

-

£5,000

£500

-

£2,800

MCA

Dial 999 for the Coastguard

£9,100

£15,500

£9,900

£15,100

£117,700

VCA

N/A

-

-

-

-

-

VOSA

N/A

-

-

-

-

-

DSA

Passplus

£32,000*

£15,000*

£148,000*

£14,200*

£6,500*

Learning to Drive

-

-

-

£52,600*

£349,300*

Driver CPC

-

-

-

£4,500*

£118,700*

Enhanced Rider Scheme

-

-

-

£20,000*

£51,300*

Eco-Safe DSA

-

-

-

-

£4,500*

*procured via The Central Office of Information.