§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science 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.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe expenditure figures for advertising and other promotional materials by this Department for the financial years 1979–80 to 1988–89 are in the table. The 1989–90 figure is provisional. The 1990–91 estimate is not finalised.
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Year Publicity TV Radio Newspapers £K £K £K £K 1979–80 12.2 — — 91.6 1980–81 58.3 — — 8.9 1981–82 49.9 — — 86.9 1982–83 33.7 — — 6.0 1983–84 74.9 — — 9.6 1984–85 150.6 — — 18.5 1985–86 184.1 — — 14.8
Year Publicity TV Radio Newspapers £K £K £K £K 1986–87 533.0 — — 532.0 1987–88 1,459.0 — — 280.0 1988–89 1,156.6 — 40.0 475.0 1989–90 2,346.0 — 11.8 238.9