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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Foreign Office spent on (a) recruitment consultants and (b) management consultants in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. - Inc figures and ref to FCO website and fact that some...

Asked by

Marquess of Lothian (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 July 2004

Reference

184503; 424 c338-9W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Foreign Office spent on (a) advertising and (b) public relations consultants in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. - Inc figures and ref to 7 January 2004, 416 c411W.

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Marquess of Lothian (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

13 July 2004

For answer on

20 July 2004

Answered on

20 July 2004

Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the Foreign Office spent on (a) advertising and (b) public relations consultants in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. [184502] Mr. Straw: In FY 2002-03--the most recent year for which audited figures are available--separately identifiable expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on UK advertising totalled £743,783. Of this, £716,234 related to media spend on advertising for recruitment purposes. The balance related to consular media advertisements which aimed to raise awareness among the British public of the importance of being properly prepared before travelling overseas and to advertising of the FCO's public open days. The total figure is based on the final accounts for FY 2002-03 and replaces the figure which I supplied to the right hon. Gentleman on 7 January 2004, Official Report, column 411W, which drew on provisional calculations. I apologise to the right hon. Gentleman for the fact that this was not made clear in my previous answer. The FCO's central expenditure on public relations consultancy in FY 2002-03 totalled £291,971. Of this, £268,862 was paid to a single agency for work on the Consular awareness-raising campaign, `Know Before You Go'. The FCO's overseas posts and its non-departmental public bodies also commission advertising and occasionally employ public relations consultants, but details are not recorded centrally. Information about the costs incurred by these activities could be provided only at disproportionate costs. Records of expenditure by the FCO's expenditure on advertising and public relations consultants in FY 1996-97 are not held centrally. Figures for that year could be provided only at disproportionate costs.

Date

20 July 2004

Reference

184502; 424 c171W;424 c171-2W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the cost to the Scottish Office of (a) consultants and (b) contractors engaged by his Department to address the issue of computer millennium compliance; and if he will list them. - Includes ref to 3 March 1998 at...

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Marquess of Lothian (Conservative; Conservative)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 1998

Reference

32754; 309 c35W

House

House of Commons

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