Department for Transport written question – answered at on 20 July 2022.
Jon Trickett
Labour, Hemsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
Trudy Harrison
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The following table provides the total spend on advertising for the core Department, covering financial years 2019-20 to 2021-22:
Financial Year | Expenditure (£m) |
2019-20 | 14.4 |
2020-21 | 6.4 |
2021-22 | 9.8 |
Note the Majority of the above spend has been incurred on the THINK! road safety campaign.
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