§ 1989. Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total publicity and advertising expenditure, including for privatisation, of his Department and public bodies for which his Department has responsibility in(a) 1979 and (b)
§ Mr. Eggar[pursuant to his reply, 19 March 1990, c.503]: In my reply of 19 March I referred in error to Government expenditure plans as set out in the public expenditure White Paper for 1989. I should have referred to the public expenditure White Paper for 1990.
The correct reply should have read:
The planned expenditure by my Department on total publicity in (b) 1989–90, to include that for the Training Agency, remains as stated in table 6.31 on page 29 of the public expenditure White Paper, Cm. 1006, published in January 1990. No further detailed information is yet available.