Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv) Scotland and (v) Wales in each month from August 2020 to December 2020.
Please see below estimates of spend by month and territory for the Department for Transport, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. There is no recorded spend for the Vehicle Certification Agency or for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency during this period.
Department for Transport
England Only
| August | September | October | November | December | TOTAL |
Communications/ marketing spend | £102,389.00 | £276,496.00 | £286,563.00 | £100,628.96 | £44,619.00 | £810,695.96 |
Of which Advertising | £0.00 | £178,537.00 | £192,409.00 | £100,039.00 | £24,122.00 | £495,107.00 |
England and Wales Only
| August | September | October | November | December | TOTAL |
Communications/ marketing spend | £186,035.45 | £287,500.00 | £137,352.00 | £50,922.00 | £177,135.00 | £838,944.00 |
Of which Advertising | £12,819.45 | £138,287.00 | £71,988.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £223,094.45 |
UK – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
| August | September | October | November | December | TOTAL |
Communications/ marketing spend | £107.81 | £346.92 | £25,719.97 | £51,271.40 | £1,382.59 | £78,828.69 |
Of which Advertising | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency
UK – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
| August | September | October | November | December | TOTAL |
Communications/ marketing spend | £1,453.00 | £1,500.00 | £63,226.05 | £451,930.082 | £256,588.49 | £774,668.46 |
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
England, Wales and Scotland only
| August | September | October | November | December | TOTAL |
Communications/ marketing spend | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £32,000.00 | £32,000.00 |
Of which Advertising | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £32,000.00 | £32,000.00 |
UK – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
| August | September | October | November | December | TOTAL |
Communications/ marketing spend | £70,706.00 | £16,235.00 | £4,726.00 | £3,321.00 | £1,770.00 | £96,758.00 |
Of which Advertising | £63,000.00 | £9,000.00 | £1,150.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £73,150.00 |
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