* IPS Communications costs (and its predecessor the UK Passport Authority) were related to informing the public of passport fee increases and encouraging the public to get the applications in early to help distribute passport demand more evenly throughout the year.
Asked by Baroness Thomas of Winchester
To ask Her Majesty's Government which initiatives of the Department for Transport or its agencies (and its predecessors) have been advertised in each of the last five years; how much was spent in each case; and which were carried out via the Central Office of Information. [HL5336]
The Secretary of State for Transport (Lord Adonis): Expenditure for the Department for Transport's advertising campaigns from the 2004-05 fiscal year is in the table below.
The majority of campaign advertising investment by the department is in support of the THINK! road safety and the Act on CO2 campaigns. Major advertising investment by executive agencies has been by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, for the sale of marks, vehicle excise duty enforcement and electronic vehicle licensing.
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Dept/Agency.
Campaign
04/05
05/06
06/07
07/08
08/09
DfT
THINK!
£8.75 million
£11.57 million
£7.42 million*
£1.78 million
11.67 million*
12.65 million*
Transport Direct
£240,000
£865,000
£405,000
£32,000*
£370,000
£629,000*
£42,000
Act on C02
-
-
£2.49 million*
£1.1 million
£3.56 million*
£4.7 million*
Airport Security
-
-
-
£1.01 million*
-
DVLA
Sale of Marks
£2.534 million
£2.335 million
£3.006 million
£3.124 million
£3.55 million
VED Enforcement
£5.961 million*
£4.165 million*
£5.596 million*
£3.754 million*
£3.791 million*
Accelerated Issue of Harmonised Registration Certificate