§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how much his Department has spent on(a) publicity, (b) promotion and (c) hospitality in each of the last six years. [40611]
Mr. John M. TaylorExpenditure on publicity and promotions from centrally managed budgets and hospitality has been as follows:
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£000 Publicity and promotions Hospitality 1990–91 15,869 1392 1991–92 10,203 535 1992–93 9,923 548 1993–94 8,468 690 1994–95 8,112 712 1995–96 9,211 2670 1 Information not readily available for Companies House prior to October 1991. 2 Work previously carried out by the Accounts Services Agency and National Physical Laboratory was contracted out on 1 April and 1 October 1995 respectively. The National Engineering Laboratory and Laboratory of the Government Chemist were privatised on 31 October 1995 and 31 March 1996 respectively. Information for the National Engineering Laboratory and the Laboratory of the Government Chemist is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.