HC Deb 13 March 1990 vol 169 c173W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what were the figures for the spending by his Department on(a) television advertising, (b) radio

£ 0001
Television advertising Radio advertising Press advertising Other promotional materials2
1979–80 5 249 599
1980–81 9 528 920
1981–82 30 800 1,366
1982–83 730 71 1,341 1,101
1983–84 192 1,198 1,325
1984–85 32 2,081 1,445
1985–86 1,216 877
1986–87 3 987 1,008
1987–88 5,664 57 3,417 1,501
1988–89 13,500 75 4,300 4,800
1989–903 5,400 500 3,700 4,600
1 Figures include expenditure through the Central Office of Information and, where appropriate, expenditure by the former Departments of Industry and Trade.
2 Publications, audio-visual materials and posters.
3 Estimated.
Media allocations for 1990–91 have not yet been made, but I expect expenditure to be within the present year's total.