Public Information Campaigns

HC Deb 09 March 1994 vol 239 cc281-2W

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to her reply of 18 February,Official Report, columns 1056–58, what was the budgeted and the actual cost of each public information campaign listed.

Mr. Jack

The cost of each public information campaign listed was as follows:

	Estimated Budgets	Actual
	£	£
At the Farmer's Service	371,500	435,000
Balance in the Countryside	343,000	323,000
The Continental Challenge	30,000	22,000
Don't Import Disease	30,000	53,000
Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA's) Campaign	108,000	127,000
Foodsense Campaign	1,240,000	1,600,000
Guidance on the Transport of Casualty Animals for Slaughter	1—	30,000
Heat Stress Campaign	11,000	10,000

	Estimated Budgets	Actual
	£	£
Joint Imports Campaign	30,000	113,000
Pesticides Poisoning of Wildlife Campaign	30,000	15,000
Plant Health Campaigns	20,000	86,000
Rabies Campaign	100,000	170,000
Small Producers of Food	30,000	23,000
Straw and Stubble Burning Campaign	35,000	19,000
Warble Fly Campaign	17,000	30,000
Exhibition Stands Supporting Animal Welfare Campaigns	50,000	37,000
I.A.C.S.	200,000	163,000
Export and Trade Promotion	400,000	566,000
National Agricultural Exhibitions	300,000	342,000
1 No budget set.

Estimated budget costs for campaigns are set at the beginning of each financial year. During the year reassessment of policy requirements and the widening of campaigns to meet increased demand for information can cause variations in actual work which affects costs.