Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 1 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 February 2001. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Thursday, 15 February 2001 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total expenditure and the breakdown of expenditure was in his Department for the financial years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000 and what the planned expenditure and breakdown of expenditure for 2000-01 is on (i) public opinion research, (ii) television, radio and newspaper advertising and (iii) direct mail. - Inc table, ref to 352 c135W and fact that disproportionate cost. (Holding answer 8 February 2001).

Answer: Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total expenditure and the breakdown of expenditure was in his Department for the financial years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000 and what the planned expenditure and breakdown of expenditure for 2000-01 is on (i) public opinion research, (ii) television, radio and newspaper advertising and (iii) direct mail. [149261] Dr. Moonie: [holding answer 8 February 2001]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 June 2000, Official Report, column 135W, to the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Mr. Loughton) on a similar subject. The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, excluding recruitment costs, the table gives details of expenditure against areas identified. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 PR Marketing and business 0.733 0.502 0.844 1.114 2.834 support service Central PR Services 2.243 2.267 2.328 2.741 2.183 National Employers Liaison 1.098 1.089 1.055 0.877 1.000 Committee (Tri-Service Reserve Forces) Scholarships 10.730 4.720 4.371 0.751 0.700 Sales Promotion (DESO) 1.408 3.299 1.064 1.819 1.600 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 363 c191-2W;363 c191W; 149261
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Direct marketing Expenditure Government departments Publicity Media Ministry of Defence Surveys
Contains statistics: Yes
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