Government Departments: Public Relations

Lord Cope of Berkeley
asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Ms Tessa Jowell, on 8 October (Official Report, House of Commons, 635W) on departmental public relations, what expenditure has been incurred by the Cabinet Office on external public relations and marketing companies not included in the Central Office of Information's Public Relations Framework. [HL6200]

Lord Patel of Bradford
A search of available records shows that there was no Cabinet Office expenditure with external public relations and marketing companies not included in the Central Office of Information's Public Relations Framework.