§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the out-turn figures for publicity expenditure for the year 1992–93, the estimated out-turn for publicity expenditure for 1993–94, sub-divided by television, press and other categories; and if he will make a statement concerning proposals for publicity expenditure in the next financial year.
§ Mr. Redwood[holding answer 13 December 1993]: Publicity expenditure in 1992–93 and for the first seven months of 1993–94 is as follows:
Television £000 Press £000 Other £000 1992–93 77 350 1,547 1993–94 — 1206 1653 1Provisional out-turn. A reliable estimate of expenditure for the remainder of 1993–94 is not available at present. My Department will 852W shortly be carrying out an annual review of publicity expenditure plans for the remainder of 1993–94 and I will write to the hon. Member when the information is available in the new year.
I aim to keep TV advertising to a minimum and then only for public information on items such as road safety and health.