HC Deb 16 July 1968 vol 768 cc185-6W
5. Mr. Bidwell

asked the Minister of Health what was the cost of advertising exemptions from medical prescription charges in the Daily Express.

Mr. Snow

£5,000.

6. Mr. Bidwell

asked the Minister of Health what was the cost of advertising exemptions from medical prescription charges in the Daily Mirror.

Mr. Snow

£6,944.

Mr. Bidwell

asked the Minister of Health what was the cost of advertising exemptions from the medical prescription charges in the Sunday Express, the Sunday Mail, the Sunday Mirror, the People, and the News of the World, respectively.

Mr. Snow

The cost for theSunday Express, the Sunday Mirror, the People and the News of the World was £6,000, £7,840, £2,515 10s. and £6,240 respectively. I understand from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland that the cost for the Sunday Mail was £1,025.

Mr. Bidwell

asked the Minister of Health what was the cost of advertising exemptions from medical prescription charges in the Daily Mail, the Morning Star, the Sun, the Daily Sketch, the Guardian, The Times, and the Daily Telegraph, respectively.

Mr. Snow

£2,860; Nil, (no insertions); £1,430; £1,400; £1,040; £1,160, and £2,574 respectively.