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1692769

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding her Department and its predecessor Department (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	16323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department buys advertising media through its media buying agency Omnicom Media Group UK Ltd. Advertising is used to promote investment and UK exports.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s general ledger records spend with Omnicom Media Group for the last three years for which figures are available as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2020/21: £15,102,407.21</p><p>2021/22: £11,890,853.20</p><p>2022/23: £13,124,598.26</p><p> </p><p>Advertising is part of the Department’s wider marketing strategy. Budgeting is carried out at the marketing category level, so no records are held on sums specifically budgeted for advertising.</p><p> </p><p>These figures relate to the Department’s predecessor department, the Department for International Trade.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/03/2024 17:17:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1692770

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	16324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office spent the following on advertising in the last three financial years:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>20/21</strong>: £376,029,723.21</p><p><strong>21/22:</strong> £168,730,321.96</p><p><strong>22/23:</strong> £27,485,611.31</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Detail on this and other spending is routinely published by the Cabinet Office on GOV.UK here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Advertising spend in 20/21 and 21/22 was considerably higher due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Cabinet Office played a leading role in providing the public with information about the Pandemic. Increased advertising was essential to doing this and keeping the country safe.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office budgets for advertising and other public relations activity is set in order to provide flexibility to the Cabinet Office to deal appropriately with what are often unforeseen events. This has been a long standing budgetary good practice under successive administrations.</p><p>The overall budget for Marketing and Media for the years in question are set out below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>20/21:</strong> £558,297,000</p><p><strong>21/22:</strong> £242,177,000</p><p><strong>22/23:</strong> £39,501,000</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>Work on advertising is primarily carried out by communications staff employed by departments and like all areas of government spending, costs are reviewed regularly to ensure value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/03/2024 18:41:50 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1692798

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding (a) her Department and (b) its predecessor Department has (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	16325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>Please see the below costs with reference to the PQ, that were searched under the following account names:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Advertising</li><li>Advertising for Public Appointment</li><li>Publicity and Advertising</li><li>R &amp; D Publicity and Advertising</li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department/ Year</p></td><td><p>Sum of invoice amount (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BEIS</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 21/22</p></td><td><p>1,264,235.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 22/23</p></td><td><p>510,338.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 23/24</p></td><td><p>172,144.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DESNZ</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 23/24*</p></td><td><p>227168.96</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Post MoG ledgers were not split until September 2023, so figures pre this date can include some former BEIS spend.</p><p> </p><p>Please be advised that the data above is actual spend, we do not hold any data for budgeted spend relevant to the proposed question.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/03/2024 16:21:11 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1692810

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding (a) her Department and (b) its predecessor Department has (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	16328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The department spent the following in each of the last three financial years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Financial year 2020/21</p></td><td><p>Financial year 2021/22</p></td><td><p>Financial year 2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual spend</p></td><td><p>£259,634.17</p></td><td><p>£666,395.66</p></td><td><p>£253,813.31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We are unable to provide budget figures as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not budget in-year at such a granular level.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 06/03/2024 09:05:40 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1692409

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Magazine Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding her Department and its predecessor Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	16091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade has centrally managed subscriptions for the Economist and the Financial Times for financial years 2022/23 and 2023/24. Information on locally sourced and managed subscriptions is not routinely collected and to make it available could only be done at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 15859 question first answered 05/03/2024 11:17:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1692410

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Magazine Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department has (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	16092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 15860 question first answered 04/03/2024 16:39:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1692411

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Magazine Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department and its predecessor Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	16093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The department does not allocate specific funding for magazine subscriptions.</p><p>As stated in the response to Parliamentary Question 15861, the department does not hold comprehensive information to the level of detail requested.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 04/03/2024 16:47:51 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1692412

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Magazine Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department and (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	16094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The department does not specifically hold data for the types of publications listed in this question.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 15862 question first answered 05/03/2024 14:11:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1692413

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Magazine Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding her Department and its predecessor Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	16095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 04/03/2024 07:14:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1692033

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals her Department and its predecessor Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	15859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade has centrally managed subscriptions for the Economist and the Financial Times for financial years 2022/23 and 2023/24. Information on locally sourced and managed subscriptions is not routinely collected and to make it available could only be done at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 16091 question first answered 05/03/2024 11:17:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden