§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give separate figures for the spending of 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. Leigh[holding answer 25 April 1991]: I refer to the answer given to the hon. Member on 13 March 1990 56W columns 173–74. Expenditure from the Department's central publicity budget over the past two years was as follows:
£000s 1989–90 1990–912 Television advertising 5,084 3,938 Radio advertising 540 141 Press advertising 3,506 1,801 Other promotional materials1 4,037 3,867 1 Publication, Audio-visual materials and posters. 2 Estimated. Precise media allocations for the current year are not available, but expenditure is likely to be within the 1990–91 total.