HC Deb 25 May 1989 vol 153 c649W
Mr. Grocott

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

Dr. Mawhinney

[holding answer 22 May 1989]: The total expenditure on advertising and publicity, including TV advertising in the last five years, is set out in the table:

£
1984–85 434,889
1985–86 617,914
1986–87 804,638
1987–88 820,226
1988–89 1,145,033
TOTAL 3,822,700