HC Deb 09 July 1984 vol 63 c407W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the total amount of money spent by his Department on advertisng in each of the last five years for which figures are available (a) of job vacancies and (b) for other reasons.

Mr. Whitney

Payments in the last five financial years were as follows:

Year Job vacancies £ Other reasons £ Total £
1979–80 249,306 40,659 289,965
1980–81 163,536 56,693 220,229
1981–82 189,140 107,812 296,298
1982–83 198,918 112,298 311,216
1983–84 217,666 80,273 297,939