HC Deb 06 February 1997 vol 289 cc720-1W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [13459]

Mr. Boswell

Expenditure on advertising, publicity and public information campaigns, January to March, for each of the last five financial years—and an estimate for the current financial year—are as follows:

£
1991–92 1,757,000
1992–93 684,000
1993–94 1,699,000
1994–95 1,142,000
1995–96 1,590,000
1996–97 1 1,160,000
1 A separate allocation, amounting to £1.7 million in total, has been established specifically for the production and distribution of information relating to BSE. About £860,000 of that is available for January to March 1997.

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