Defence written question – answered at on 7 April 2005.
James Arbuthnot
Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry), Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many advertising contracts, and to what value, were signed by his Department in the periods (a) 1 September 2004 to 1 March 2005 and (b) 1 September 2003 to 1 March 2004, broken down by (i) television, (ii) radio, (iii) press, (iv) direct mail and (v)other advertising.
Mr Ivor Caplin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence
holding answer
Data on advertising contracts is not recorded by the categories requested and can be identified only from the UK Standard Industrial Classification Code 2003 allocated to the contract. The SIC code is used to record activities and products and is published and approved for use by the Office of National Statistics. Therefore, contracts and their values identified by Advertising SIC Codes for the periods in question are as follows.
| SIC Code | Description | Date placed | Contract value (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising Contracts for Period 1 September 2003 to1 March 2004 | |||
| 22120 | Advertising covering: | 19 February 2004 | 25,000 |
| newspaper publishing (manufacture) | |||
| 22220 | Advertising covering: | 8 September 2003 | 30,000 |
| catalogue printing and printed matter (manufacture) | 22 December 2003 | 3,800 | |
| 20 January 2004 | 60,000 | ||
| 3 October 2003 | 2,900 | ||
| 13 November 2003 | 288 | ||
| 25240 | Advertising covering: | 4 December 2003 | 4,500 |
| advertising material made of plastic (manufacture) | 23 October 2003 | 7,900 | |
| 8 January 2004 | 1,300 | ||
| 17 November 2003 | 14,300 | ||
| 26 September 2003 | 75,000 | ||
| 26 November 2003 | 29,400 | ||
| 10 December 2003 | 7,100 | ||
| 11 November 2003 | 11,200 | ||
| 11 February 2004 | 3,000 | ||
| 7 January 2004 | 13,000 | ||
| 11 February 2004 | 1,500 | ||
| 11 February 2004 | 753 | ||
| 18 February 2004 | 257 | ||
| 11 February 2004 | 464 | ||
| 11 February 2004 | 420 | ||
| 11 February 2004 | 496 | ||
| 11 February 2004 | 1,000 | ||
| 1 September 2003 | 211 | ||
| 23 December 2003 | 452 | ||
| 16 February 2004 | 83 | ||
| 17 November 2003 | 2,600 | ||
| 26 February 2004 | 452,000 | ||
| 18 February 2004 | 25,300 | ||
| 18 December 2003 | 3,600 | ||
| 16 February 2004 | 11,300 | ||
| 9 September 2003 | 92,000 | ||
| 31500 | Advertising covering: | 15 December 2003 | 180,000 |
| light (manufacture) | 24 October 2003 | 1,700 | |
| 28 January 2004 | 77,400 | ||
| 30 September 2004 | 37,200 | ||
| 20 October 2003 | 9,100 | ||
| 24 March 2004 | 2,000 | ||
| 24 November 2003 | 32,200 | ||
| 5 February 2004 | 17,100 | ||
| 17 February 2004 | 7,700 | ||
| 13 February 2004 | 48,400 | ||
| 22 December 2003 | 370,200 | ||
| 3 November 2003 | 26,100 | ||
| 27 February 2004 | 139,300 | ||
| 26 January 2004 | 1,800 | ||
| 17 December 2003 | 6,400 | ||
| 74400 | Advertising covering: | 17 November 2003 | 122,000 |
| campaign creation and realisation; advertising consultants; advertising material or samples delivery or distribution; advertising space or time sales or leasing activities | |||
| 92110 | Advertising covering: | 2 September 2003 | 46,500 |
| film production | 4 November 2003 | 14,800 | |
| 6 February 2004 | 58,700 | ||
| Advertising contracts for period 1 September 2004 to March 2005 | |||
| 22220 | Advertising covering: | 20 September 2004 | 7,900 |
| catalogue printing (manufacture) | 2 February 2005 | 14,800 | |
| 16 December 2004 | 455,000 | ||
| 25240 | Advertising covering: | 6 December 2004 | 14,400 |
| material made of plastic (manufacture) | 25 November 2004 | 87,900 | |
| 10 November 2004 | 364 | ||
| 21 December 2004 | 4,100 | ||
| 6 October 2004 | 463,700 | ||
| 6 September 2004 | 663 | ||
| 6 October 2004 | 672,900 | ||
| 3 September 2004 | 845.00 | ||
| 9 September 2004 | 2,500 | ||
| 1 December 2004 | 16,800 | ||
| 31500 | Advertising covering: | 10 December 2004 | 180,000 |
| light (manufacture) | 17 January 2005 | 25,000 | |
| 21 December 2004 | 15,000 | ||
| 22 October 2004 | 24,900 | ||
| 174400 | 17 January 2005 | 24,700 | |
| 20 January 2005 | 8,500 | ||
| 30 November 2004 | 57,300 | ||
| 1 November 2004 | 25,300 | ||
| 6 September 2004 | 11,000 | ||
| 22 November 2004 | 920 | ||
| 74400 | Advertising covering: | 1 October 2004 | 600,000 |
| campaign creation and realisation; advertising consultants; | 22 November 2004 | 16,000 | |
| advertising Material or samples delivery or distribution; advertising space or time sales or leasing activities | 7 September 2004 | 127,600 | |
| 92110 | Advertising covering: | 1 October 2004 | 45,000 |
| film production | 1 October 2004 | 34,000 | |
| 1 October 2004 | 36,000 | ||
| 1 October 2004 | 36,000 | ||
| 1 October 2004 | 33,000 | ||
Yes5 people think so
No3 people think not
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