CLG Spent Almost £1.5m Promoting Home Information Packs

Financial year 2008-09

Submitted by: MikeC (Admin) on 11-May-09 04:12:11 PM

The CLG spent £1,461,541 promoting the Home Information Pack in the financial year 2008-09, the housing minister, Margaret Beckett, has revealed.

In a written response to Tory CLG shadow secretary, Caroline Spelman, Beckett wrote:

In the financial year (2008-09) the Department conducted a campaign to meet its duty to inform industry and consumers of changes to HEPs as of 6 April 2009 and also to promote wider Government information for those buying or selling homes. The Department contracted the following activity through the Central Office of Information who engaged appropriate suppliers through their framework.

House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 08 May 2009 

HIP promotion activity breakdown

Activity	£
Advertising/media - Press	728,038
Advertising/media - Digital	485,279
Website	15,824
Public Relations	232,400

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