§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table in cash terms showing, for each of the years in the period 1982–83 to 1987–88 during which they were in public ownership, the advertising, public relations and promotional expenditure for each of the nationalised industries listed in table 4.1 of Cm. 288.
§ Mr. Norman LamontExpenditure for these purposes is a management responsibility of each nationalised industry's board. Information on such costs is not held centrally. For expenditure on advertising of recent privatisation and residual share sales, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18 January 1988, at column 473.