§ 33. Mr. Higginsasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will give figures for Government advertising in each year since 1964, broken down by Department and type of advertising.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisI regret that information in the form requested by the hon. Member could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, over the past five years the amounts spent on advertising by the main Government Departments were as follows:
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Department Press Television Radio Cinema Posters £ £ £ £ £ 1975–76 Civil Service Department (Counter-Inflation Publicity Unit) 786,000 269,500 — — — Ministry of Defence 2,541,100 1,048,300 8,200 — 10,500 Department of Education and Science 12,700 — — — — Department of Employment 245,400 — — — — Department of Energy 1,534,800 1,496,700 13,400 — 186,900 Department of the Environment 339,400 1,334,200 3,000 — 252,600 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 16,000 — — — — Department of Health and Social Security 668,100 74,800 — 86,900 10,300 Home Office 909,200 511,800 — — — Department of Industry 487,900 — — — 1,700 Department of Prices and Consumer Protection 23,000 — — — — Scottish Office 124,000 145,000 20,000 — — Department of Trade 24,300 — 700 — — Welsh Office 2,600 — — — — 1976–77 Civil Service Department (Counter-Inflation Publicity Unit) 19,900 — — — — Ministry of Defence 2,506,400 648,100 10,300 — 500 Department of Education and Science 16,000 — — — — Department of Employment 167,600 100,500 — — — Department of Energy 419,600 297,600 — — — Department of the Environment 62,000 1,739,000 — 68,000 209,100 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 19,200 — — — — Department of Health and Social Security 1,034,900 480,000 — 18,300 71,000 Home Office 655,900 334,400 — — 70,200 Department of Industry 406,100 5,800 12,500 — — Scottish Office 86,000 138,000 3,000 — — Department of Trade 81,000 — — — — 1977–78 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 228 — — — — Ministry of Defence 2,742,600 435,300 26,000 — 52,000 Department of Education and Science 33,300 — — — — Department of Employment 431,200 5,700 — — — Department of Energy 412,600 1,187,100 — — — Department of the Environment 87,900 177,500 — — — Foreign and Commonwealth Office 11,400 — — — — Department of Health and Social Security 1,182,400 166,800 900 — 3,600 Home Office 1,251,400 504,500 — 2,000 — Department of Industry 387,000 — — — — Scottish Office 112,000 181,000 13,000 — — Department of Trade 36,100 — — — — Department of Transport 502,200 2,595,100 40,000 72,800 429,500 Welsh Office 1,800 — — — — The above figures represent expenditure by the Central Office of Information and the Scottish Office excluding certain television volume discounts received after the end of each financial year.