Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
In the last three fiscal years, advertising costs on the Northern Ireland Office general ledgers were as follows:
These costs were in line with agreed budgets for this area of spend.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how much funding her Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) uses advertising to promote vacancies in the Department.
The table below sets out what, in the last three years, the AGO budgeted for all communication and marketing and what it spent on advertising.
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
Budget for communication and marketing | £26,500.00 | £35,000.00 | £40,000.00 |
Spend on advertising | £714.00 | £714.00 | £714.00 |
Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Alister Jack - Secretary of State for Scotland
The Scotland Office can confirm the following costs in respect of advertising costs over the last three financial years;
Year | Budget (£) | Actual (£) | Difference (£) |
2023-24 | 43,000 | 17,725 | 25,275 |
2022-23 | 50,000 | 49,893 | 107 |
2021-22 | 41,000 | 39,818 | 1,182 |
Total | 134,000 | 107,436 | 26,564 |
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Fay Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
Nothing. The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) has not budgeted or spent any money on advertising in the last three financial years.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice does not hold central records of advertising spend or budgets for advertising spend. The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Alister Jack - Secretary of State for Scotland
The Scotland Office can confirm that it has incurred the following costs in relation to the subscriptions below over the last three financial years;
Subscription | FY 21-22 | FY 22-23 | FY 23-24 |
| £ | £ | £ |
Press and Journal | 60 | 60 | 60 |
The Courier | 60 | 60 | 60 |
The Financial Times | 278 | 319 | 319 |
The Herald | 80 | 80 | 80 |
The Spectator | 131 | 88 | 100 |
The Telegraph | 208 | 208 | 191 |
The Times | 312 | 312 | 260 |
The Scotsman | 100 | 0 | 130 |
Total | 1,229 | 1,127 | 1,200 |
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The Department is unable to answer within the disproportionate cost threshold as the Ministry of Justice does not hold central financial records in relation to magazine subscriptions.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of digital posts in his Department are vacant.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Justice Digital has 173 approved vacancies. This represents 9.6% of 1808 that are FTE. 138.4 of these roles are on the Government Digital and Data framework.
These figures do not include HMCTS, but do include executive agencies and arms length bodies across the Ministry of Justice, including HMPPS.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals her Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) paid subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, and online journals provide AGO officials with a valuable resource of public discourse on topics relevant to the Department.
The AGO’s paid subscriptions for the last three financial years are set out in the table below.
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
Newspapers | Financial Times; Telegraph | Financial Times; Telegraph | Financial Times; Sunday Times; Telegraph |
Magazines | Critic Magazine; Counsel Magazine | Counsel Magazine | Counsel Magazine |
Online journals | N/A | Thomson Reuters; Joshua Rozenberg | Thomson Reuters; Joshua Rozenberg |
Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
The Northern Ireland Office has not allocated or spent any funding on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.