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Written question asked by Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 11 February 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 February 2014. It was answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 February 2014 on behalf of the Treasury.


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 each (i) constituent part of the UK and (ii) region in each of the last four years.

Answer

No contracts were awarded by HM Treasury for public opinion research in the last four years.

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.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
187803; 576 c410W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Treasury Public relations
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk