Sir Brandon Lewis corrected the Commons record on Recruitment

13 September 2013 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections

Sir Brandon Lewis made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 13 September 2013. The figure £3,298 in the original became £6,702 in the correction. Altogether 8 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010. 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:

Original and corrected words

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Original	Corrected
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:~~	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.

Original

Corrected

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:~~

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.

The correction in Hansard.

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