Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.

My Department has cut spending on marketing and advertising to a fraction of the spending of the last Labour Government:

2008-09: £12.7 million

2009-10: £9.9 million

2010-11: £898,000

2011-12: £980,000

2012-13: £2.4 million

2013-14: £2 million

2014-15: final 2014-15 spend will be in the region of 2013-14 spend.

There are two main areas of spending: the award-winning Fire Kills campaign, and information for social tenants on their Right to Buy.