HC Deb 24 May 1989 vol 153 cc603-4W
Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide as much information as possible about his Department's expenditure on commercial television advertising, without breaching commercial confidentially, over each of the past five years.

Mr. Ridley

[holding answer 22 May 1989]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 15 May. The

The concentration levels requested from the samples were as follows:

September 1984 television advertising referred to, formed part of an overall information campaign to ensure council tenants in England and Wales knew about extensions of their rights under the Housing Act 1980, introduced by the Housing and Building Control Act 1984. The television campaign in the first two weeks of April this year was aimed at motivating motorists to adjust their cars in order to be able to use unleaded petrol.