§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secreatary of State for Transport how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in national newspapers in each of the past five years; and if he will provide a breakdown by newspaper titles.
§ Mr. ChannonExpenditure on press advertising1 by my Department in each of the past five years was as follows:
£ 1982–83 816,000 1983–84 334,000 1984–85 475,788 1985–86 1,034,441 1986–87 4,367,555 1Including production costs and VAT. The information is not readily available to distinguish between expenditure on advertising in national newspapers and that in the press generally.
It is not the policy of Her Majesty's Government to publicise the sums paid to individual organisations.