§ Mr. FallonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the cost to the Government of advertising in each of the privatisation sales since British Telecom.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe cost to the Government of corporate and flotation advertising and advertising agency fees, exclusive of VAT, for each privatisation and residual share sale from British Telecom onwards is as follows:
£ million British Telecom 9.7 Britoil 3.0 Cable and Wireless 2.2 British Aerospace 1.7 British Gas 21.4 British Airways 2.8 Rolls-Royce 1.6 BAA 4.9 British Petroleum 18.3 This reply replaces that given to the hon. Member for Dunfermline East on 18 January, which did not treat each sale on a consistent basis and also contained inaccuracies.
Numbers and percentages of single people and couples with pay as main source of income Range of pay and percentage of average fulltime male weekly earnings at an annual rate North Yorkshire and Humberside Numbers (thousands) Per cent. Numbers (thousands) Per cent. Up to 50 per cent. 185 22.9 319 25.1 Over 50 per cent. and up to 75 per cent. 216 26.8 354 27.9 Over 75 per cent. and up to 100 per cent. 220 27.3 316 24.9 Over 100 per cent. and up to 150 per cent. 150 18.6 225 17.7 Over 150 per cent. and up to 200 per cent. 27 3.4 37. 2.9 Over 200 per cent. 8 0.9 20 1.5 Total 806 100.0 1,270 100.0
Numbers and percentages of single people and couples with pay as main source of income Range of pay and percentage of average fulltime male weekly earnings at an annual rate North West East Midlands Numbers (thousands) Per cent. Numbers (thousands) Per cent. Up to 50 per cent. 447 27.0 264 24.8 Over 50 per cent. and up to 75 per cent. 481 29.0 284 26.7 Over 75 per cent. and up to 100 per cent. 366 22.1 285 26.8 Over 100 per cent. and up to 150 per cent. 266 16.1 178 16.7 Over 150 per cent. and up to 200 per cent. 59 3.6 34 3.2