PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

Tuesday 11 February 2014

By email: Sean Moran <>

Dear Mr Moran,

Re: Request for Information – Expenditure on adverts in newspapers

Our Reference Number: CEX/9FDGQA

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by Manchester City Council on January 14th 2014, and has been considered under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You asked:

1.  "How much has the Manchester City Council spent on job adverts with the Guardian, Manchester Evening News and other newspapers from the Scott Trust?

2.  How much has the Manchester City Council spent on job adverts with newspapers not owned by the Scott Trust?

3.  How much has the Manchester City Council spent on non-job adverts with the Guardian, Manchester Evening News and other newspapers from the Scott Trust?

4.  How much has the Manchester City Council spent on non-job adverts with newspapers not owned by the Scott Trust?

Please break the figures down for each of the last five years and break down for each newspaper title."

Our response:

The Manchester Evening News has not been owned by the Scott Trust since 2010. Please find below a breakdown of expenditure with National and Regional Newspaper titles.

Recruitment Advertisements
2008-09 / 2009-10 / 2010-11 / 2011-12 / 2012-13
The Guardian / 267,435.55 / 306,376.88 / 15,320.50 / 0.00 / 9,820.60
Manchester Evening News / 86,150.68 / 82,001.05 / - / - / -
North & East Manchester Advertiser / 0.00 / 0.00 / - / - / -
South Manchester Reporter / 0.00 / 0.00 / - / - / -
Oldham Advertiser / 0.00 / 0.00 / - / - / -
Rochdale Observer / 0.00 / 0.00 / - / - / -
Total (Scott Trust Papers) / 353,586.23 / 388,377.93 / 15,320.50 / 0.00 / 9,820.60
Manchester Evening News / - / - / 11,232.78 / 0.00 / 0.00
North & East Manchester Advertiser / - / - / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
South Manchester Reporter / - / - / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Oldham Advertiser / - / - / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Rochdale Observer / - / - / 945.72 / 0.00 / 0.00
Bolton Evening News / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Lancashire Advertiser / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Lancashire Evening Telegraph / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Oldham Evening Chronicle / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Westmorland Gazette / 1,241.00 / 713.81 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Wigan Reporter / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Wythenshawe World / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
The Times & Sunday Times / 29,925.00 / 47,226.40 / 6,168.75 / 0.00 / 0.00
The Daily Telegraph / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
The Independent / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Total (non-Scott Trust Papers) / 31,166.00 / 47,940.21 / 18,347.25 / 0.00 / 0.00
Non-Recruitment Advertisements (Statutory Public Notices and Campaign Advertisements)
2008-09 / 2009-10 / 2010-11 / 2011-12 / 2012-13
The Guardian / 9,296.25 / 11,060.70 / 27,073.91 / 2,600.00 / 3,351.00
Manchester Evening News / 463,128.68 / 455,078.88 / - / - / -
North & East Manchester Advertiser / 9,660.67 / 46,325.30 / - / - / -
South Manchester Reporter / 12,194.76 / 50,636.16 / - / - / -
Oldham Advertiser / 0.00 / 1,713.60 / - / - / -
Rochdale Observer / 4,241.16 / 0.00 / - / - / -
Total (Scott Trust Papers) / 498,521.52 / 564,814.64 / 27,073.91 / 2,600.00 / 3,351.00
Manchester Evening News / - / - / 435,163.62 / 313,236.90 / 357,410.04
North & East Manchester Advertiser / - / - / 24,534.53 / 33,680.35 / 4,334.25
South Manchester Reporter / - / - / 20,918.86 / 4,144.75 / 13,003.51
Oldham Advertiser / - / - / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Rochdale Observer / - / - / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Bolton Evening News / 0.00 / 0.00 / 245.41 / 0.00 / 379.44
Lancashire Advertiser / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 925.00 / 1,795.00
Lancashire Evening Telegraph / 0.00 / 0.00 / 306.87 / 0.00 / 0.00
Oldham Evening Chronicle / 0.00 / 0.00 / 82.41 / 329.64 / 270.00
Westmorland Gazette / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Wigan Reporter / 1,697.85 / 570.60 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Wythenshawe World / 7,870.37 / 10,960.48 / 4,993.65 / 8,720.50 / 9,996.57
The Times / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
The Sunday Times / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
The Daily Telegraph / 10,800.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
The Independent / 4,003.20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Total (non-Scott Trust Papers) / 24,371.42 / 11,531.08 / 486,245.35 / 361,037.14 / 387,188.81

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Thank you,

Yours sincerely

Sara Tomkins

Assistant Chief Executive – Communications, Customer & ICT

Manchester City Council