§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give separate 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 are his latest estimates for 1990–91 and budgets for 1991–92.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 25 April 1991]: For 1988–89 to 1990–91, the figures were:
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 £ £ £ Television advertising 576,000 974,000 741,000 Radio advertising 40,000 85,000 188,000 Newspaper advertising 378,000 1,022,000 613,000 Other promotional material 933,000 1,001,000 1,098,000 For 1979–80 to 1987–88 an analysis in the form requested is not available.
Total expenditure on information publicity was:
£ 1979–80 263,000 1980–81 362,000 1981–82 393,000 1982–83 386,000 1983–84 360,000 1984–85 704,000 1985–86 677,000 1986–87 857,000 1987–88 1,094,000 Provision for expenditure by the Scottish Office on information campaigns in 1991–92 is £2.2 million. The breakdown of expenditure by different media is not available.
The above figures do not include the running costs of the Scottish Office information directorate.