HC Deb 06 February 1997 vol 289 cc664-5W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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. [13457]

Mr. Howard

My Department's budgeted expenditure on publicity for the period January to March 1997 is £3,316,860. Of this total, £1,301,920 is budgeted for the advertising element of public information campaigns and the remaining £2,014,940 is for publications, posters, exhibitions and videos which give the public further information and advice. The total 1996–97 budgeted expenditure for advertising and other public information and advice is £8,854,000.

The figures for each of the past five years are as follows:

Advertising (fourth quarter) Other public information and material (fourth quarter) Annual total including advertising and "other"
£ £ £
1995–96 7,457,645 1,143,581 11,360,220
1994–95 9,563,443 1,128,175 14,102,358
1993–94 6,235,231 2,285,069 14,142,549
1992–93 2,089,191 2,031,929 12,983,617
1991–92 3,592,545 2,214,962 10,876,228

Increase in capped expenditure limit and rule 2 and 3 grants over 1996–97 Increase in total external support1 including all grants over 1996–97 Increase in capped expenditure limit including rule 3 grant over 1996–97 Increase in total external support except rule 2 grant over 1996–97 Difference between columns (1) and (2) and between columns (3) and (4) Difference between columns (1) and (2) and between columns (3) and (4) as a percentage of 1996–97 cash precept
£ million £ million £ million £ million £ million Percentage
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Police authorities:
Avon and Somerset 6.0 2.6 4.9 1.5 3.4 15.1
Bedfordshire 2.2 1.0 1.8 0.6 1.2 14.3
Cambridgeshire 2.6 1.0 2.1 0.5 1.6 15.5
Cheshire 3.9 1.6 3.1 0.9 2.2 14.9
Cleveland 2.8 1.4 2.3 1.0 1.3 18.6
Cumbria 2.2 1.0 1.9 0.7 1.2 14.7
Derbyshire 3.8 1.9 3.1 1.2 1.9 14.6
Devon and Cornwall 6.1 3.7 4.9 2.5 2.4 10.0
Dorset 2.7 1.0 2.2 0.5 1.7 11.3
Durham 2.7 1.3 2.3 0.9 1.4 18.2
Essex 6.0 2.5 4.8 1.3 3.5 13.5
Gloucestershire 2.3 0.9 1.9 0.5 1.3 15.2
Hampshire 6.9 2.9 5.6 1.6 4.0 14.2
Hertfordshire 3.6 1.4 2.9 0.7 2 2 13.8
Humberside 3.9 2.0 3.2 1.3 2.0 16.9
Kent 6.4 3.0 5.2 1.8 3.4 13.5
Lancashire 6.3 2.9 5.2 1.9 3.3 17.0
Leicestershire 3.7 1.7 3.0 1.0 2.0 15.8
Lincolnshire 2.5 1.9 2.0 1.5 0.6 4.3
Norfolk 3.0 1.3 2.4 0.7 1.7 14.6
Northamptonshire 2.4 1.0 2.0 0.6 1.4 11.5
North Yorkshire 2.8 1.5 2.2 0.9 1.3 11.1
Nottinghamshire 4.4 3.3 3.7 2.5 1.2 8.5
Staffordshire 4.3 1.9 3.5 1.2 2.3 15.0
Suffolk 2.5 1.0 2.0 0.5 1.4 14.5
Surrey 3.4 2.8 2.8 2.2 0.6 4.2
Sussex 5.9 2.4 4.8 1.3 3.5 13.6
Thames Valley 8.1 3.1 6.5 1.5 5.0 13.8
Warwickshire 1.9 0.8 1.6 0.4 1.2 14.3
West Mercia 4.1 1.5 3.3 0.7 2.6 14.7
Wiltshire 2.4 0.9 1.9 0.5 1.5 14.0
Total English shire authorities 122 57 99 35 64 13.4
Greater Manchester 12.8 6.6 10.9 4.6 6.3 18.5
Merseyside 8.3 4.2 7.2 3.2 4.0 17.3
Northumbria 7.1 4.1 6.0 3.0 3.0 16.0
South Yorkshire 5.9 3.1 4.9 2.1 2.8 17.2
West Midlands 13.0 7.3 11.0 5.4 5.6 16.5
West Yorkshire 9.9 4.9 8.0 3.3 5.0 18.1
Total metropolitan authorities 57 30 48 22 27 17.4
Metropolitan Police2 55.4 29.2 48.7 22.5 26.2 16.4
City of London Police4
Dyled Powys 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.2 0.3 3.8
Gwent 2.4 1.9 2.0 1.5 0.5 6.1