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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many advertising contracts, and to what value, were signed by his Department in the periods (a) 1 September 2004 to 1 March 2005 and (b) 1 September 2003 to 1 March 2004, broken down by (i) television, (ii) radio, (iii) press, (iv) direct mail and (v) other advertising. [219383] Mr. Caplin :[holding answer 2 March 2005]: Data on advertising contracts is not recorded by the categories requested and can be identified only from the UK Standard Industrial Classification Code 2003 allocated to the contract. The SIC code is used to record activities and products and is published and approved for use by the Office of National Statistics. Therefore, contracts and their values identified by Advertising SIC Codes for the periods in question are as follows. Advertising Contracts for Period 1 September 2003 to1 March 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. SIC Code Description Date placed Contract value (£) 22120 (Advertising covering: 19 February 2004 25,000 newspaper publishing (manufacture) 22220 (Advertising covering: 8 September 2003 30,000 (manufacture) catalogue printing and printed 22 December 2003 3,800 matter manufacture 20 January 2004 60,000 3 October 2003 2,900 13 November 2003 288,000 25240 Advertising covering: 4 December 2003 4,500 advertising material made of 23 October 2003 7,900 plastic (manufacture) 8 January 2004 1,300 17 November 2003 14,300 26 September 2003 75,000 17 November 2003 14,300 26 September 2003 75,000 26 November 2003 29,400 10 December 2003 7,100 11 November 2003 11,200 11 February 2004 3,000 7 January 2004 13,000 11 February 2004 1,500 11 February 2004 753,000 18 February 2004 257,000 11 February 2004 464,000 11 February 2004 420,000 11 February 2004 496,000 11 February 2004 1,000 1 September 2003 211,000 23 December 2003 452,000 16 February 2004 83,000 17 November 2003 2,600 26 February 2004 452,000 18 February 2004 25,300 18 December 2003 3,600 16 February 2004 11,300 9 September 2003 92,000 131500 Advertising covering: 15 December 2003 light (manufacture) 24 October 2003 1,700 28 January 2004 77,400 30 September 2004 37,200 20 October 2003 9,100 24 November 2003 32,200 5 February 2004 17.100 17 February 2004 7,700 13 February 2004 48,400 22 December 2003 370,200 3 November 2003 26,100 27 February 2004 139,300 26 January 2004 1,800 17 December 2003 6,400 74400 Advertising covering: 17 November 2003 122,000 campaign creation and realisation; advertising consultants; advertising material or samples delivery or distribution; advertising space or time sales or leasing activities 92110 Advertising covering: 2 September 2003 46,500 film production 4 November 2003 14,800 6 February 2004 58,700 Advertising contracts for period 1 September 2004 to March 2005 22220 Advertising covering: 20 September 2004 7,900 catalogue printing 2 February 2005 14,800 (manufacture) 16 December 2004 455,000 25240 Advertising covering: 6 December 2004 14,400 material made of plastic 25 November 2004 87,900 (manufacture) 10 November 2004 364,000 21 December 2004 4,100 6 October 2004 463,700 6 September 2004 672,900 3 September 2004 845.00 9 September 2004 2,500 1 December 2004 16,800 31500 Advertising covering: 10 December 2004 180,000 light (manufacture) 17 January 2005 25,000 21 December 2004 15,000 22 October 2004 24,900 174400 17 January 2005 24,700 20 January 2005 8,500 30 November 2004 57,300 1 November 2004 25,300 6 September 2004 11,000 22 November 2004 920,000 74400 Advertising covering: 1 October 2004 60,000 campaign creation and 22 November 2004 16,000 realisation; advertising consultants; advertising Material or 7 September 2004 127,600 samples delivery or distribution" advertising space or time sales or leasing activities 92110 Advertising covering: 1 October 2004 45,000 film production 1 October 2004 34,000 1 October 2004 36,000 1 October 2004 36,000 1 October 2004 33,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1720-4W;432 c1716-20W; 219383

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Contracts Advertising Costs Government departments Ministry of Defence

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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