Budget for Press/Advertising - Find a freedom of information request

1. Please let me know how much to the nearest £10,000 was spent 2023 /4 fy and separately how much budgeted this f year for :- publicity, promotions, give aways, press /advertising... broken down into traditional media (papers and lincs news) and separately on-line media, by LCC.

This to exclude job adverts for social workers teachers and all staff working in schools, in school place provision or social protection.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. In 2023/24 – to the nearest 10,000 – £260,000 was spent on ‘publicity materials and promotions’, as coded on Lincolnshire County Council’s finance system.

Due to the way spend across the council is recorded, this figure includes, but is not limited to, the design and print of leaflets, posters, flyers, booklets, banners, displays, route maps, contact cards, bus stop signage, and other materials.

In the same financial year – to the nearest 10,000 – £30,000 was spent on advertising.

Of this – to the nearest 10,000 – £10,000 was spent on online/digital advertising.

Where it has been possible to remove these, the figures exclude job advertisements for social workers, teachers and other school staff.

Due to the way that budgets are allocated, an accurate budget solely for these such materials cannot be provided for this ongoing financial year.