House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 20 Feb 2008 (pt 0007)

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£000
	Advertising^{( 4)}					Branding^{( 5)}
RDAs	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
AWM⁽⁶⁾	511	553	1,366	1,473	3,144	—	—	—	—	—
EEDA	261	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
EMDA	102	110	99	85	35	0	0	0	0	38
LDA⁽⁷⁾	77	333	634	275	393	—	—	—	214	194
NWDA	149	99	198	185	414	7	33	0	30	21
ONE⁽⁸⁾	—	207	1,302	3,374	4,450	0	0	0	0	0
SEEDA⁽⁹⁾	143	201	363	232	163	—	—	—	—	—
SWRDA⁽¹⁰⁾	449	432	960	1,227	1,271	—	—	—	—	—
YF	2,062	599	642	1,006	701	57	382	38	16.5	11
⁽¹⁾ Consultancy services have been identified as services commissioned by RDAs to inform the management of the agency, organisational development, strategy development, and communications and marketing. This definition does not relate to services for specific project or programme delivery (for example legal advice on land deals as part of development projects). ⁽²⁾ IT systems covers hardware maintenance, internet and website charges, hardware procurement, membership and licences, other computer consumables, service level agreements, and software maintenance. ⁽³⁾ LDA adopted new recording systems in 2004-05. Figures before 2004-05 are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost. ⁽⁴⁾ Advertising figures relate to marketing initiatives procured to promote the region. ⁽⁵⁾ Branding figures relate to the cost of including the agency logo in publicity material relating to partnership projects (eg billboards at regeneration sites), or costs related to developing or promoting the region or agency brand. In many cases, project developers bear the cost of branding related to specific projects, as per funding agreements with the RDA involved. ⁽⁶⁾ AWM is unable to separate marketing and branding costs within the “Marketing the Region” budget. Please refer to advertising figures. ⁽⁷⁾ Branding figures before 2005-06 are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost. ⁽⁸⁾ There are no advertising figures for 2002-03 as Northumbria Tourism Board were financially responsible for tourism marketing in the region. The responsibility for tourism marketing for the entire North East region switched to ONE in 2004-05. ⁽⁹⁾ SEEDA is unable to separate marketing and branding costs. Please refer to advertising costs. ⁽¹⁰⁾ SWRDA is unable to separate the cost of project-specific marketing and branding from general marketing and branding expenditure. Please refer to advertising figures.

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much was spent on office premises by each regional development agency in each of the last five years. [185197]

Mr. McFadden: The following table shows how much was spent on office premises by each RDA in the last five years.

Expenditure on office premises^{( 1)}
£000
RDAs	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
AWM	940	1,407	1,503	1,692	1,475
EEDA	695	577	1,095	760	1,111
EMDA	490	672	783	907	921
LDA	1,296	3,221	3,048	3,356	2,316
NWDA	2,099	1,855	1,611	1,872	2,093
ONE⁽²⁾	435	652	618	1,023	1,230
SEEDA⁽³⁾	1,853	2,299	1,931	1,755	1,741
SWRDA⁽⁴⁾	743	711	721	1,061	1,284
YF	950	1,211	648	1,812	832
⁽¹⁾ Includes rent, rates, service charges, insurances, cleaning, utilities, security, and maintenance. Figures refer to head offices and other smaller offices from which RDA staff work throughout the region. Some RDAs own their own premises, others rent or lease accommodation. Also, in the last five years some RDAs have moved offices. ^{(2 )}From 2003, ONE took on extra responsibilities including tourism and transfer of some responsibilities from Government office. The lower costs in earlier years were a rent-free period on taking up the leases. ^{(3 )}Calculated at net costs, rent income is deducted. ^{(4 )}2006-07: rent increases at two offices together with arrears paid from April 2005. ^{(5 )}In February 2005, YF purchased the premises which it was renting. This accounts for the subsequent increase in expenditure 2005-06. As the organisation's responsibilities expanded it has rented additional office space next door to its current premises.

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Regional Development Agencies: Stationery

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much each regional development agency spent on (a) stationery and (b) headed paper in each of the last five years. [182788]

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Mr. McFadden: RDAs do not record information to a level of detail to separate the cost of headed paper from other stationery and items bearing the agencies' logos. The following table shows how much each RDA spent on stationery and headed paper in each of the last five years.

Expenditure on stationery and headed paper^{( 1)}
£000
RDAs	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
AWM⁽²⁾	174	148	115.5	128	62
EEDA	81	67	105	99	86
EMDA	81	99	82	68	69
LDA⁽³⁾	—	—	187	145	181
NWDA	110	87	95	80	137
ONE	93	117	243	225	152
SEEDA	77.5	66	46	69.5	68.5
SWRDA	82	82.5	84.5	68	80
YF⁽⁴⁾	150.5	150.5	173	140	112
⁽¹⁾ Headed paper includes business cards, compliment slips, envelopes and letterhead. ⁽²⁾ Includes cost of printing certain corporate materials which is not possible to separate from other stationery costs. ⁽³⁾ This includes cost of printing certain corporate materials such as board reports which is not possible to separate from other stationery costs. LDA adopted new recording systems in 2004-05. Figures before 2004-05 are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost. ⁽⁴⁾ This includes cost of printing certain corporate materials including the Regional Economic Strategy and Annual Accounts.

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