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Departments: Marketing

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which advertising and marketing campaigns were run by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; which external agencies were involved; and what the cost was of each campaign. [144614]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The following was spent on advertising by DTI and its agencies via the Central Office of Information in each of the last five full financial years. Details of any other expenditure by the DTI and its agencies are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


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£

2002-03

UK Online for Business 2002/03

3,393,124

Export Licence Announcements 2002/03

10,131

Import Licence Announcements 2002/03

88,685

DTI Miscellaneous 2002/03

21,000

UK Online for Business—Supplement 2002/03

153,384

SBS Business Link

5,395,254

Fireworks Campaign 2002/03—media only

181,966

National Minimum Wage 2002/03

299,443

SBS Recruitment Advertising

14,537

Parental Rights 2002/03

718,718

DTI Consumer Gateway 2002/03

74,887

Quality Mark 2002/03

779,817

Ex-Miners Compensation 2002/03

402,419

Total

11,533,365

2003-04

Parental Rights 2003/04

1,106,186

Import Licence Announcements 2003/04

130,470

Ex Miner Compensation 2003/04

384,875

SBS Public Notice Advertising 2003/04

84,778

SBS Business Link 2003/04

882,188

DTI National Minimum Wage 2003/04

306,360

Quality Mark Scheme 2003/04

189,973

DTI EERA 13 2003/04

422,177

DTI UK Online for Business 2003/04

163,965

DTI Fireworks SMS Internet 2003/04

18,603

DTI UK Online for Business Internet 2003/04

230,914

DTI Consumer Gateway Internet 2003/04

37,686

UK Trade & Investment 2003/04

194,784

SBS Keyword 2003/04

20,799

ACAS Awareness 2003/04

1,070,601

Total

5,244,359

2004-05

Consumer Direct 2004/05

706,488

SBS Business Link 2004/05

552,712

Import Licence Announcements 2004/05

74,300

DTI Classified Recruitment Advertising 2004/05

41,007

New Minimum Wage 2004/05

315,754

Renewable Energy 2004/05

15,542

Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 2004/05

30,494

Firework Safety 04/05—(media only)

188,480

DTI—Dispute Resolution (media only)

81,768

SBS Press Media Buying Costs 2004/05

3,255

Total

2,009,800

2005-06

Consumer Direct 2005/06

1,447,850

DTI Classified/Recruitment Advertising 2005/06

31,099

SBS Business Link 2005/06

1,502,301

New National Minimum Wage 2005/06

369,603

Directgov—DTI Employee Franchise 2005/06

127,690

Total

3,478,543

2006-07

Consumer Direct—Thomson Directories 2006/07

581,424

DTI Classified Recruitment 2006/07

11,457

ACAS Miscellaneous Advertising Activity 2006/07

228,949

Total

821,830


Departments: Northern Ireland

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will place in the Library a copy of the concordat governing the relationship between his Department and the Northern Ireland Administration. [145907]

Margaret Hodge: The DTI does not have a concordat with Northern Ireland Administration. The DTI does have a concordat with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland. This Department covers a similar range of functions to the DTI. A copy of this concordat is available on the DTI’s website:

Departments: Pay

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total work force they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement. [143097]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department of Trade and Industry awards non-consolidated bonuses in two formats:


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Based on the information available the number of staff receiving these awards, as a proportion of the total work force they represent, total amount of bonuses and the size of the single largest payment for which this information can be provided is in the following table.

Financial year 2006-07( 1)
Special bonuses Performance awards Largest single payment of bonuses

Number of staff receiving

919

1,286

Proportion of the workforce receiving (percentage)

20

29

Total value (£)

491,669

2,532,180

15,000

(1 )Financial year running from 1 April to 31 March.

In 2006-07 the total value of bonuses paid was approximately 1.8 per cent. of the Department's total paybill.

The special bonuses and performance awards for non-SCS staff are paid on a non-consolidated, non-pensionable basis and do not increase the Department's paybill costs each year. For the SCS the Senior Salaries Review Body determines the level of expenditure to cover bonuses.

Departments: Public Participation

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many public consultations his Department undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of each consultation. [145282]

Jim Fitzpatrick: Over the past 12 months to the end of May 2007, the Department of Trade and Industry launched 57 formal public consultations in order to inform the Department’s policy development. Information on the cost of each consultation, and the total cost of all consultations, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departments: Publications

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost was of producing Overseas Trade magazine (a) before advertising revenues and (b) net of advertising revenues in each year for which information is available. [136541]

Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 9 May 2007]: The position (excluding website) is recorded in the Official Journal of the European Union tender and contractual documents for the specified periods, and is as follows:

£
Cost period Gross cost before advertising revenues Cost to UK Trade and Investment

30 June 2003-29 June 2004

(1)

175,350

30 June 2004-29 June 2005

(1)

161,390

30 June 2005-29 June 2006

(1)

161,390

1 July 2006-30 June 2007(2)

(1)

199,760

(1 )Exemption claimed under Freedom of Information Act 2000 (section 43).
(2) Period subject to extension of up to 12 months not yet agreed.

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Departments: Publicity

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost was of the banners in the window of his Department’s building at 1 Victoria Street. [144919]

Margaret Hodge: The cost excluding VAT of designing and producing these banners was £4,582.

Departments: Sick Leave

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available. [143058]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The following shows the average number of sick absence days per year in each of the last five years in DTI HQ:

Year ending 31 March: Sick absence days

2007

5.7

2006

5.5

2005

5.7

2004

8.0

2003

7.0


Departments: Surveys

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff surveys his Department undertook in the last 12 months; and at what total cost. [145265]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The DTI commissions one annual survey of all DTI staff, as part of its internal communications, at a cost of around £20,000 a year.


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