Rachel Reeves
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
[Official Report, 4 March 2013, Vol. 559, c. 786-7W.]
Letter of correction from Brandon Lewis:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) on 4 March 2013.
The full answer given was as follows:
Brandon Lewis
My Department has spent £3,298 on advertising specialist posts (this excludes spending that was commissioned in April 2010 but paid under this Administration, as detailed in the answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, column 655W).
To place such overall spending in context, the Department spent £601,605 on advertising (of all types) in 2009-10.
I also observe the £57,389 of taxpayers' money that was spent by the Department in a roughly comparative period under the last administration just on job advertisements in The Guardian, as outlined in the answer to my question of 16 December 2010, Official Report, column 933W.
The correct answer should have been:
Brandon Lewis
My Department has spent £6,702 on advertising specialist posts (this excludes spending that was commissioned in April 2010 but paid under this Administration, as detailed in the answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, column 655W).
To place such overall spending in context, the Department spent £601,605 on advertising (of all types) in 2009-10.
I also observe the £57,389 of taxpayers' money that was spent by the Department in a roughly comparative period under the last administration just on job advertisements in The Guardian, as outlined in the answer to my question of 16 December 2010, Official Report, column 933W.