§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the figures for the spending by his Department on(a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material in 1979–80 and in each following year; and what is his latest estimate for the current year and budget for 1990–91.
§ Mr. EggarExpenditure on advertising and promotional material by the Department of Employment from 1979–80 to 1985–86 was as follows:
£ 1979–80 70,000 1980–81 320,000 1981–82 400,000 1982–83 360,000 1983–84 500,000 1984–85 320,000 1985–86 1,220,000 Figures for television, radio and newspaper advertising and other promotional material are not available separately.
The figures for 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90 (latest estimate) are as follows:
132Wactively seeking work, (b) had their claims referred to an adjudication officer for not actively seeking work, (c) had their claims (i) allowed or (ii) disallowed and (d) have been referred to an adjudication officer for refusing suitable employment; and how many of those in (d) have had their benefit disqualified.
§ Mr. EggarThe table shows the statistical information for the period 9 October 1989 to 26 January 1990 on questions of "actively seeking employment" and "refusal of employment":
Television Press/Radio Other promotional £ million £ million £ million 1986–87 9.3 3.0 4.1 1987–88 3.3 0.8 2.8 1988–89 2.1 2.3 1.3 1989–90 0.9 0.9 1.0 The information on the Department's publicity budget for 1990–91 will be found in table 6.31 on page 29 of chapter VI of the public expenditure White Paper published in January 1990. Detailed decisions on expenditure by media group have not yet been taken.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the figures for the spending by the Training Agency on(a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material in 1979–80 and in each following year; and what is his latest estimate for the current year and budget for 1990–91.
§ Mr. EggarThe information requested is given in the table:
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Television Radio Press Other Total (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) Actual 1979–80 n/a n/a — — — 1980–81 424,102 4,127 2,496,440 2,588,540 5,513,209 1981–82 — 62,896 1,814,935 2,784,279 4,662,110 1982–83 — 89,654 2,984,230 3,222,031 6,295,915 1983–84 1,479,748 17,434 764,409 2,670,666 4,932,257 1984–85 944,975 3,477 717,057 4,473,283 6,138,792 1985–86 9,676,257 311,537 1,867,286 5,111,180 16,966,260 1986–87 15,624,000 258,631 6,927,370 12,124,000 34,934,001 1987–88 17,321,000 26,841 6,950,159 11,647,000 35,945,000 1988–89 12,569,000 n/a 5,502,000 12,449,000 30,520,000
Television Radio Press Other Total (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) Estimate 1989–90 8,610,000 56,000 6,164,000 12,492,000 27,322,000 n/a—Not available. Detailed decisions on expenditure for 1990–91 as requested have not yet been taken.