§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science to what factors he attributes the increase between 1985–86 and 1986–87 in his Department's expenditure on press advertising.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe increase in advertising spending between 1985–86 and 1986–87 was the result of two main factors: (1) setting out the facts about the Government's proposals on teachers' pay and conditions; and (2) attracting new recruits to teaching, particularly in the shortage subjects of maths, physics, CDT—craft design and technology—and business studies.