Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the RM6364 Framework schedule 1 specification: lot 1 media strategy planning and buying v2, whether there (a) has been any central government spend or (b) any contracts agreed, under Lot 1, according to information held by the Government Commercial Agency.

The central government spend under and number of contracts agreed under Lot 1 are as follows:

(a) The actual spend recorded in GCA records since go-live is £14,784,206.00.

Call-off contracts under RM6364 are typically established on a zero-commitment basis, meaning contracts may be in place without committed spend, and individual campaign spend is subject to Advertising, Marketing and Communications (AMC) spend control approval for planned spend of £100,000 or more within a financial year.

(b) The number of call-off contracts agreed with the Lot 1 supplier, WPP650 is 33.