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Departmental Expenditure

Answer

A comprehensive list of all projects is not held centrally and to do so could be done only at disproportionate cost. However, we can supply the following:(a) Design and production of new logosOn identity development and design guidelines towards the rationalisation around the single DTI logo:

	£
2002–03	450,000
2003–04	100,000
2004–05	10,000

	£
The re-branding of British Trade International (BTI) to UK Trade and Investment (UKTI):
2003	600,000
The proposal to change the name of the DTI:
2005	30,000

(b) Employing external:(i) public relations agenciesInformation provided from COI shows that the DTI spent the following amounts on:

	£
2002
UKO4B	661,606.84
Invest UK	126,282.39
SBS	178,696.26
Trade Partners	247,651.65
2003
Trade Partners	546,312.99
UKO4B	443,767.40
Invest UK	447,412.30
SBS	295,607.01
2004
Dispute Resolution	68,405.05
Renewable Energy	516,490.60
Best Business Practice	338,443.29
Best Practice	151,827.51
Renewable Energy	548,703.98
2005 (to date)
Consumer Direct	138,560.25
UKTI	121,840.54
SBS	19,406.95
Consumer Direct	22,975.59
Consumer Direct—event	6,902.50

(ii) graphic design agencies:Accurate figures are not able to be supplied as budgets for this type of expenditure are not held centrally. To do so would exceed disproportionate costs.Letter from Claire Clancy, dated 17 January 2006:"I am responding to your recently tabled Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on behalf of Companies House, which is an Executive Agency of the DTI.""(a) Spend on the design and production of new logos is as follows:"

	£
2000	0
2001	0
2002	5,000	Re-branding project
2003	0
2004	530	Icon for ““PROOF”” (new product)
2005	6,500	Icons for ““My Companies House””

"(b) Companies House does not employ any external agencies for public relations.""External agencies have provided graphic design for our Annual Report and Accounts as follows:"

	£
2000	n/a
2001	n/a
2002	8,000
2003	9,000
2004	9,912
2005	9,963
n/a – not available

Letter from Jeanne Spinks, dated 17 January 2006:"You asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Department and its agencies have spent on (a) the design and production of new logos and (b) employing external (i) public relations and (ii) graphic design agencies in each year since 2000, broken down by project. I have been asked to reply in respect of the Employment Tribunals Service (ETS) which is an executive agency of the DTI.""The Employment Tribunals Service has spent the following:""(a) On designing and production of new logos since 2000 the Agency has spent—£10,407""2000–01: £5,000 for design of Corporate Identity and new ETS logo""2001–02: £4,982 for design of Corporate Identity""2002–03: £425 for design of ‘DTI Service' logo and boilerplate""(b) (i) There has been no external expenditure on public relations since 2000.""(b) (ii) Since 2000 the Employment Tribunals Service have spent the following employing external graphic design agencies—£44,328"

	£
2000–01	15,514
2001–02	4,560
2002–03	4,358
2003–04	5,396
2004–05	7,970
2005–06	6,530

Letter from Ron Marchant, dated 17 January 2006:"I am responding to this parliamentary question, tabled on 25 November 2005, regarding what the Department and its agencies have spent on (a) the design and production of new logos and (b) employing external (i) public relations and (ii) graphic design agencies in each year since 2000, broken down by project."

				£
The Patent Office	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06 to end October
The design and production of new logos	0	0	0	0
Public Relations	101,398	111,963	102,125	59,755
National Awareness Campaign			150,706	58,452
Graphic Design
New Patent Literature	0	32,780	7,502	0
Annual Report and Accounts	20,510	In House	12,175	3,533
Business Advisor training packs	10,873	0	0	0
Branding	0	1,453	0	0

Figures for 2000–01 and 2001–02 are not readily available and could not be prepared within the deadline set.Letter from Desmond Flynn, dated 17 January 2006:"The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has asked me to reply to you directly on behalf of The Insolvency Service in respect of your question (2054/2005) asking what the Department and its agencies have spent on (a) the design and production of new logos and (b) employing external (i) public relations and (ii) graphic design agencies in each year since 2000, broken down by project.""The Insolvency Service has not spent any money on the design and production of new logos or employing external public relations companies each financial year from 2000 to date."Letter from Martin Birdseye, dated 17 January 2006:"The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has asked me to reply on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML) to your question regarding what the Department and its Agencies have spent on (a) the design and production of new logos and (b) employing external (i) public relations and (ii) graphic design agencies in each year since 2000, broken down by project."

£000
NWML total spend in year:	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
On . . . .
(a) Design and production of new logos	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
(b) (i) Employing external public relations	0	0	0	7	8k	0
(c) (ii) graphic design agencies	n/a	n/a	n/a	6	11	3
n/a = not available.
(8) NWML spent £300 in July 2005 developing a logo for a new service in respect of the enforcement of the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Regulations.
(9) These costs include design for posters for exhibitions, exhibition panels, a biannual corporate newsletter sent to customers, design for leaflets and brochures, design for a CD cover for the NWML video, and design for the Annual Report and Accounts. In 2005–06, NWML has spent £3k YTD.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

441 c1245-8W; 33224

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Executive agencies Design Department of Trade and Industry Expenditure Government departments Logos Public relations

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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