§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the cost of advertising by trusts and health authorities in each region in each year since 1990. [4186]
§ Mr. MaloneThe available information is shown in the table. Advertising is not defined in the national health service manual accounts and may be undertaken, for example, both for staff recruitment and for health promotion purposes.
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Expenditure on advertising by health authorities and national health service trusts Expenditure (£) Region 1993–94 1992–93 1991–92 1990–91 Northern 1,536,557 1,308,722 1,399,551 1,323,781 Yorkshire 1,686,291 1,854,389 1,546,213 1,859,669 Trent 2,704,686 2,293,997 2,085,979 2,216,819 East Anglian 1,172,152 1,036,682 907,766 1,025,380 North West Thames 2,498,796 2,194,458 2,207,702 2,486,098 North East Thames 2,455,868 2,490,538 2,621,400 3,221,808 South East Thames 2,337,759 2,420,354 2,031,840 2,274,056 South West Thames 1,833,519 1,653,714 1,867,469 2,328,691 Wessex 1,270,588 1,201,590 1,070,856 1,334,230 Oxford 1,666,551 1,611,181 1,363,725 1,811,388 South Western 1,674,348 1,416,404 1,509,019 1,495,296 West Midlands 2,110,235 2,273,185 2,271,774 2,788,696 Mersey 1,016,055 974,966 868,299 881,187 North Western 1,469,480 1,306,521 1,504,003 1,761,767 Special Health Authorities 633,838 633,378 735,386 784,834
Expenditure on advertising by health authorities and National Health Services trusts Region Expenditure 1994–951£ Northern and Yorkshire 3,597,713 Trent 3,327,513 Anglia and Oxford 4,263,608 North Thames 8,214,511 South Thames 6,398,960 South and West 4,080,457 West Midlands 3,355,466 North Western 3,310,769 Special Health Authorities 135,606 1 Provisional.