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Written question asked by Anne Milton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 January 2006. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Tuesday, 31 January 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Departmental Advertising Campaigns

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the public information advertising campaigns run by her Department in the past 12 months; and what her Department spent on (a) newspapers and (b) television advertising for those campaigns.
Answer

Media spend on public information advertising for the Department for the period 1 January to 31 December 2005 was £23.06 million. The campaigns are listed in the table with a breakdown of newspaper and television advertising costs.

£ million
Campaign Television advertising Newspapers
Tobacco education 12.9 1.84
Sexual health 0.20
E111/EHIC 1.13
Flu immunisation 0.80 0.38
NHS Careers 2.01 1.86
Job shops 0.21
Social care recruitment 1.06 0.12
Get the right treatment 0.55

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
42515; 442 c454-5W;442 c454-5W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Advertising Expenditure Government departments Newspaper press Television Department of Health
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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