Departmental Publicity

Tim Farron
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the cost has been of re-branding his Department following the change in name from the Department of Trade and Industry.

Mr. Thomas
Costs to date associated with the use of the name of the new Department are approximately £192,000. These include the costs of design, items such as new signage and changes to the website and other electronic media. As promised in my answer to a question from the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Susan Kramer) on 17 July, Official Report, column 278W, we plan to provide a full account of extra expenditure relating to the establishment to the library of both Houses at the time of the Winter Supplementary Estimates in November.