Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 January 2010. It was answered by Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Departmental Advertising

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what advertising campaigns his Department has been responsible in each of the last three years; which such campaigns have (a) commenced and (b) continued in 2009-10 to date; and what the total cost of each such campaign has been.

Answer: For details of spending on advertising I refer the hon. Member to the following previous answers:"The answer I gave on 5 November 2009, Official Report, column 1093W, to the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond).""The answer given by the former Exchequer Secretary (Angela Eagle) on 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1891W, to the hon. Member for Taunton (Mr. Browne).""The answer given by the then Financial Secretary (John Healey) on 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 376W."The majority of the Department's advertising is usually on staff recruitment except where indicated in the previous answers referred to above. Advertising spending on staff recruitment and the Money Guidance pathfinder advertising will continue in 2009-10. Details of any other campaigns launched in 2009-10 and total spending on advertising in that year will be available when the Department's Resource Account is published.

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