§ 28. Mr. Bossomasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how much each Department of State spent last year, apart from the cost of staff, on posters, printing, cinematograph publicity and other activities of its public relations section.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallDirect expenditure by Departments in 1946 is given in table I below. Table II gives the expenditure by the Stationery Office on behalf of Departments individually. Table III gives expenditure by the Central Office of Information on behalf of all Departments, under subheads of the Vote. Details of expenditure for each Department in this case are not readily ascertainable. Tables52W II and III cover a period of nine months only, 1st April—31st December, 1946; since the Ministry of Information was not a common service Department, and expenditure by them and by the Stationery Office at their request was not recorded against individual Departments. Some of the figures given are only approximate.
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— I. Departmental expenditure (full year). II. Stationery Office expenditure (nine months). £ £ Admiralty 37,000(a) 3,767 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. — 1,391 Air Ministry 14,150(a) 7,094 Civil Aviation 1,085 — Colonial Office 7,000(b) 19,759 Control Office —(c) — Dominions Office 14,350 10,176 10, Downing Street — — Ministry of Education — 105 Ministry of Food 465,860 28,165 Foreign Office 688,739(d) 155,210 Forestry Commission — —0 Ministry of Fuel and Power. 21,588 7,736 Ministry of Health 545 6,894 Home Office — —4 India Office 164 4,352 Inland Revenue — Ministry of Labour 2,050 11,057 Ministry of National Insurance. 23 9,771 National Savings Com mittee. 552,794 53,472 Ministry of Pensions — —2 Post Office 38,699(e) 76 Department of Scientific And Industrial Research. — 2831 Ministry of Supply 2,160 2,465 Ministry of Town and Country Planning. 59 332 Board of Trade 835 5,915 Treasury — — War Damage Commission. — — War Office 33,800(a) 1,682 Ministry of Transport — 124 Ministry of Works 10,500 1,524 Scottish Home Department. — 294 1,889,401 332,331 (a) This expenditure was mainly in connection with the recruiting drive. (b) Revenue from the sale of publications and other activities was £3,262. (c) Control Office expenditure abroad in reeducating Germans and Austrians is not included. (d) Revenue from the sale of publications, films, etc., was £420,300. (e) Mainly in respect 01 Savings Bank publicity.
III. CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION (nine months). Subhead. £ A — Salaries, etc. 482,000 B — Travelling and Incidental Expenses 69,000 C — Telegrams and Telephones 50,000 D — Press advertising 437,000 E — Other press publicity 35,000 F — Publications 18,500 G — Post advertising 221,000 H — Films 423,000 I — Broadcasting 8,000 J — Photographs 52,000 K — Exhibitions 68,000 L — Miscellaneous publicity and services 72,000 M — Losses and Compensation 500 1,936,000 Less Z — Appropriations in Aid 175,000 Net Expenditure £1,761,000