Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
The department’s communication and external advertising budget is shown in the table below:
Month | Communication and advertising budget |
September 2014 | £256,711 |
October 2014 | £262,843 |
November 2014 | £317,704 |
December 2014 | £257,978 |
January 2015 | £383,340 |
February 2015 | £380,703 |
March 2015 (estimated) | £375,523 |
The communication and advertising budget shown above covers staff costs (84% of the total), and external advertising spend (16% of the total). The external advertising costs have supported campaigns on Restorative Justice and Family Mediation.