Advertising
Treasury
Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009
Philip Hammond (Shadow Chief Secretary To the Treasury, Treasury; Runnymede & Weybridge, Conservative)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1891W, on advertising, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) HM Revenue and Customs spent on advertising in 2008-09; and what advertising campaigns were undertaken by each such organisation in that year.
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Parliamentary Secretary, HM Treasury; Portsmouth North, Labour)
Spending on advertising in 2008-09 by HM Treasury, its agencies and HMRC is shown in the following table:
| Organisation | Purpose of advertising | Net spending (ex vat) £000 |
| HM Treasury | Recruitment advertising | 445 |
| Promoting the 'Moneymadeclear' service in autumn 2008 and the Money Guidance pathfinder, which offers free impartial generic advice on personal finance | 2,250 | |
| DMO | Gilt auctions, recruitment | 158 |
| OGC | Government Procurement Graduate recruitment scheme | 38 |
| HMRC | Child Trust Fund, Compliance, Health in Pregnancy Grant, Money Laundering, Products of Animal Origin, Self Assessment, Students, Tax Credits, Tax for Business | 17,890 |