Departmental Public Relations James Duddridge To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies included in the Central Office of Information's Public Relations Framework in each of the last 36 months. Mr. Woolas The following table lists Home Office spend on external public relations agencies accessed through the Central Office of Information's Public Relations Framework over the last three years: ------------------------------------------------------ | |Agency |Cost (£) | ------------------------------------------------------ |2005-06|Band & Brown Communications|100,330.00 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Blue Rubicon Ltd. |40,000.00 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Fishburn Hedges |253,100.48 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Good Relations Ltd. |177,472.61 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Grayling UK Ltd. |94,036.02 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Harrison Cowley |340,971.07 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |The Forster Company |473,514.93 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |The Red Consultancy Ltd. |273,263.06 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Total |1,752,688.17| ------------------------------------------------------ | | | | ------------------------------------------------------ |2006-07|Band & Brown Communications|29,186.20 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Blue Rubicon Ltd. |144,606.93 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Cutler Vick Communications |26,514.50 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Harrison Cowley |59,303.25 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |The Forster Company |338,309.70 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |The Red Consultancy Ltd. |258,490.61 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Total |856,411.19 | ------------------------------------------------------ | | | | ------------------------------------------------------ |2007-08|The Forster Company |290,583.74 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |Total |290,583.74 | ------------------------------------------------------ James Duddridge To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have been seconded to public relations or public affairs firms or consultancies in each of the last five years; (2) how many staff from public relations or public affairs firms or consultancies were seconded to (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. Mr. Woolas The information requested is not collated or held centrally by the Home Office or its agencies, and, where available, could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.