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To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Food Standards Agency spent on (a) public relations consultants, and (b) public affairs consultants, in each of the past three years; and for what purposes. [HL2553]
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has used public relations (PR) and public affairs (PA) consultants on specific projects over the past three years.
The purpose and costs are included in the following table.
PA/PR Expenditure 2007-08 £ 2008-09 £ 2009-10 £ MHS Interim Communications Management 34,075 External Review of FSA Communications 5,527 Communications Training 5,861 Development and Implementation of Northern Ireland Assembly Public Affairs Programme 14,894 19,892 19,808 (projected spend) Public Relations support for Eatsafe initiative 2,210 1,150 85 Totals 51,179 21,042 31,281
Note: All costs exclude VAT.