§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Paymaster General what will be the estimated spending by the Manpower Services Commission on television, radio and newspaper advertising, respectively, and other promotional literature in the current year; and what was the total in 1979–80 and each intervening year.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke[pursuant to his reply, 19 November 1986, c. 215]: I regret that the estimates given for the spending of the Manpower Services Commission on advertising and promotional literature in 1986–87 were inaccurate. Planned and committed expenditure is: TV, £15,700,000; press (including radio) £5,350,000; other promotional, £9,758,000. In addition, the MSC's latest and best estimate is that £4,472,000 has yet to be allocated to specific forms of advertising and promotion. The programmes to benefit include the YTS, adult training, restart, the community programme, the enterprise allowance scheme, the jobcentre service, the technical, vocational and education initiative, professional executive recruitment and the skillcentre training agency.