Departments: Public Expenditure

David Davis
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on (a) advertising, (b) refreshments and (c) stationery by his Department in each year since 2005.

John Reid
The Department’s expenditure on advertising, refreshments and stationery in each of the last two years was:

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|            |2005-06|2006-07|
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|Advertising |15.83  |10.64  |
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|Refreshments|1.13   |1.25   |
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|Stationery  |6.58   |7.02   |
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The numbers for advertising include expenditure on publicity and the numbers for refreshments are a combination of refreshments and working lunches. To show advertising and refreshments separately could be done only at disproportionate cost.