Public Information Campaigns (Hansard, 13 January 1999)

HC Deb 13 January 1999 vol 323 c228W 228W

§ 19. Mr. Swayne
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make a statement about the Government's policy regarding the use of public money for public information campaigns. [63738]

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
The Government has a duty to inform both Parliament and the public about its policies, decisions and actions, in accordance with the long-standing conventions followed by successive administrations. The conventions require that Government information activities "should be conducted in an economic and appropriate way, having regard to the need to be able to justify the costs as expenditure of public funds".