§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the total expenditure of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies on publicity for each of the years(a) 1979–80, (b) 1989–90, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1993–94, (e) 1994–95 and (f) 1995–96 (i) to date and (ii) as estimated for the whole year; what estimate he has made of such expenditure for 1996–97; and if he will break these figures down to indicate expenditure on (1) advertising and (2) press and public relations. [11400]
§ Sir John Wheeler[holding answer 25 January 1996]: The information requested for the Northern Ireland Office, Northern Ireland Departments and their agencies is listed.
Information on non-departmental public bodies could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
000 Year Advertising Press and public relations 1979–80 1469 2282 1989–90 7,863 1,401 1991–92 10,567 1,660 1993–94 7,814 1,898 1994–95 8,088 1,968 1995–96 (to date) 5,263 1,677 1995–96 (estimate) 8,856 2,078 1996–97 (estimate) 38,774 2,186 1 Expenditure not available from Departments of Economic Development and Agriculture. 2 Covers expenditure by Departments of Finance and Personnel, Agriculture and Education. 3 Budget for 1996–97 not yet known in Department of Education.