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Written question asked by Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 26 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 September 2010. It was answered by Justine Greening (Conservative) on Monday, 13 September 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.


Departmental Public Relations

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the monetary value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK in each of the last five years.
Answer

The Treasury does not record public relations expenditure as a separate category but a search of supplier records for the years in question revealed no payments to suppliers that are known to be public relations companies. A more comprehensive answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
12452; 515 c787W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Treasury Public relations
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk