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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Answer

Mr. Maclennan: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what his Department's policy is on (a) advertising and (b) acknowledging company sponsorship on the websites of his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies; which companies (i) have placed advertisements and (ii) are acknowledged as sponsors on those websites; how much revenue has been received for each financial year since 1997 from such advertisements and sponsorship; and if that revenue has been retained within the budget of his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies. [119551] Mr. Morley: [holding answer 19 May 2000]: As far as core MAFF, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are concerned, the current position is that there is no commercial advertising or sponsorship on websites. The acceptance of advertising and the acknowledgement of sponsors by MAFF Non-Departmental public bodies are matters for the discretion of the Accounting Officer of the Non-Departmental public body concerned. The British Potato Council and the Home Grown Cereals Authority both acknowledge their IT consultants as suppliers. No revenue is received. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew acknowledges on its website the following companies, including Trusts and Foundations, who have supported the Millennium Seed Bank Project: Millennium Commission, Wellcome Trust, Orange plc, The Esmee Fairburn Charitable Trust, Glaxo Wellcome plc, The Maurice Laing Foundation, The Rufford Foundation, Tate and Lyle plc and the Philecology Trust. The total revenue received from sponsors since 1997 is as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year £000 $000 1996-97 1,075 0 1997-98 2,355 13 1998-99 5,569 100 1999-2000 9,045 100 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The revenue received has been retained to spend on the Millennium Seed Bank Project.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

350 c642-4W;350 c644-5W; 119551

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Executive agencies Government departments Income Internet Publicity Non-departmental public bodies Sponsorship Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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