Shailesh Vara corrected the Commons record on Advertising: The Guardian

14 January 2014 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections

Shailesh Vara made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 14 January 2014. The correction replaced 2 figures (3,231.90, 9,886) with 3 figures (42,973, 6,552, 6,682). Altogether 12 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13. Letter of correction from Shailesh Vara: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith) on 29 October 2013. The full answer given was as follows:

Original and corrected words

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Original	Corrected
The information requested is set out in the following table: Spend on advertising by year (£ rounded) \| 2009-10 \| 2010-11 \| 2011-12 \| 2012-13 The Guardian newspaper \| 29,672 \| 2,043 \| ~~n/a~~ \| 9,042 The Guardian website and the Guardian Media Group \| 20,242 \| 353 \| ~~3,231.90~~ \| ~~9,886~~ The Ministry's expenditure on advertising and promotion relates to recruitment, with the majority of recruitment activity being within the National Offender Management Service to ensure sufficient prison officers are in post to operate effectively the prison system. The Guardian outlets are only one of many that are used for this purpose. For example, the Ministry also uses The Sunday Times . ~~The correct answer should have been:~~	The information requested is set out in the following table: Spend on advertising by year (£ rounded) \| 2009-10 \| 2010-11 \| 2011-12 \| 2012-13 The Guardian newspaper \| 29,672 \| 2,043 \| 6,552 \| 9,042 The Guardian website and the Guardian Media Group \| 20,242 \| 353 \| 6,682 \| 42,973 The Ministry's expenditure on advertising and promotion relates to recruitment, with the majority of recruitment activity being within the National Offender Management Service to ensure sufficient prison officers are in post to operate effectively the prison system. The Guardian outlets are only one of many that are used for this purpose. For example, the Ministry also uses The Sunday Times .

Original

Corrected

The information requested is set out in the following table:
Spend on advertising by year (£ rounded) | 2009-10
| 2010-11
| 2011-12
| 2012-13
The Guardian newspaper
| 29,672
| 2,043
| ~~n/a~~
| 9,042
The Guardian website and the Guardian Media Group
| 20,242
| 353
| ~~3,231.90~~
| ~~9,886~~
The Ministry's expenditure on advertising and promotion relates to recruitment, with the majority of recruitment activity being within the National Offender Management Service to ensure sufficient prison officers are in post to operate effectively the prison system.
The Guardian outlets are only one of many that are used for this purpose. For example, the Ministry also uses The Sunday Times .
~~The correct answer should have been:~~

The information requested is set out in the following table:
Spend on advertising by year (£ rounded) | 2009-10
| 2010-11
| 2011-12
| 2012-13
The Guardian newspaper
| 29,672
| 2,043
| 6,552
| 9,042
The Guardian website and the Guardian Media Group
| 20,242
| 353
| 6,682
| 42,973
The Ministry's expenditure on advertising and promotion relates to recruitment, with the majority of recruitment activity being within the National Offender Management Service to ensure sufficient prison officers are in post to operate effectively the prison system.
The Guardian outlets are only one of many that are used for this purpose. For example, the Ministry also uses The Sunday Times .

The correction in Hansard.

Receipt

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