§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list(a) his Department's budgeted expenditure on (i) advertising, (ii) publicity and (iii) public information campaigns for the period January to March 1997 and (b) the actual expenditure on (1) advertising, (2) publicity and (3) public information campaigns in the period January to March in each of the past five years. [13461]
§ Mr. HanleyBudgeted expenditure on (i) advertising, (ii) publicity and (iii) public information campaigns in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office diplomatic wing for the period January to March 1997 is as follows:
£ Advertising 25,000 Publicity 22,638 Information campaigns 43,325 Actual expenditure on (i) advertising, (ii) publicity and (iii) public information campaigns in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Diplomatic wing for the period January to March in the past five years was as follows: 611W
1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 £ £ £ £ £ Advertising 6,032 3,196 15,780 33,064 1991–92 Publicity 159,414 305 36,487 130,176 breakdown Information campaigns 91,000 67,442 255,979 112,058 not available Overseas Development Administration aid wing can provide annual figures only for advertising. There is no annual budgeted figure as such, as the costs arise from each project. The expenditure in 1996–97 to date is £590,995.
Actual annual ODA expenditure for advertising in the past five years was as follows:
- 1996: £580,000
- 1995: £727,000
- 1994: £241,136
- 1993: £406,296
- 1992: £251,695
ODA cannot separate figures for publicity and public information campaigns. Budgeted expenditure for both for the period January to March 1997 is £350,000.
Actual ODA expenditure on publicity and public information campaigns for the period January to March in the past five years was as follows:
Publicity/information campaigns
- 1996: £318,794
- 1995: £518,737
- 1994: £683,115
- 1993: £456,491
- 1992: £94,664