§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is her estimate of the total expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising by(a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for (i) 1993–94,(ii) 1994–95, (iii) 1995–96, (iv) 1996–97, (iv) the 1997–98, year to date, (vi) the 1997–98, full year estimate and (vii) the 1998–99 planned expenditure. [15253]
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§ Mr. Paul Murphy[holding answer 11 November 1997]: For the Northern Ireland Office and Northern Ireland Departments, the available information is as follows:1
£000 (a) (b) 1993–94 7,408 697 1994–95 7,494 825 1995–96 10,064 934 1996–97 6,467 1,642 1997–98 to date 2,478 873 1997–98 estimated full year 6,224 1,651 1998–99 planned2 2,853 964 1 Information on NDPBs could be provided only at disproportionate costs. 2 The Department of Economic Development could not provide figures due to the budgets not being disaggregated to the level required. The information given has been revised from that provided in answers to previous parliamentary questions on this subject.