§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is his estimate of the total expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising by(a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for (i) 1993–94, (ii) 1994–95, (iii) 1995–96, (iv) 1996–97, (v) the 1997–98, year to date, (vi) the 1997–98, full year estimate and (vii) the 1998–99 planned expenditure. [15261]
§ Dr. HowellsBefore the merger in July 1995, the Department operated separately funded programmes of publicity. This continued until the end of the financial year 1995–96.
Information on the publicity and advertising spend of agencies and non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally by the Department
The costs of the total expenditure on publicity and on advertising for the former Departments are as follows:
Department for Education
- 1993–94: £10.1 million
- 1994–95: £9.4 million
- 1995–96: £5.4 million
Department of Employment
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- 1993–94: £11.1 million
- 1994–95: £11.1 million
- 1995–96: £11.0 million
The costs of the total expenditure on publicity and advertising for the present Department are as follows:
Department for Education and Employment
- 1996–97: £17.4 million (provisional)
- 1997–98: £4.0 million (to date)
- 1997–98: £12.6 million (current budget, but £13.2 million subject to the passage of the Winter Supplementary Estimate).
The projected expenditure on publicity and advertising in 1998–99 for the Department is £13.1 million.