§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the expenditure of her(a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies on newspaper advertising by title in each year since 1997. [26983]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999. Since that date, expenditure on newspaper advertising was as shown in the following table:
Period/newspaper Expenditure (£) 1 July 1999 to 31 March 2000 Sun (Scotland) 3,643.00 Aberdeen Press and Journal 3,290.00 Dundee Courier 3,277.00 Scotsman 3,290.00 Daily Record 7,403.00 Herald 4,113.00 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 Sun (Scotland) 7,520.00 Sunday Herald 6,630.00 Aberdeen Press and Journal 15,002.00 Daily Record 15,040.00 Dundee Courier 17,434.00 Scotsman 17,146.00 Herald 18,753.00 Scotland on Sunday 12,859.00 News of the World 4,759.00 Sunday Mail 11,104.00 Sunday Post 7,465.00 Sunday Times 12,521.00 1 April 2001 to 31 January 2002 Sunday Herald 2,143.00 Aberdeen Press and Journal 13,886.00 Daily Record 31,080.00 Sun (Scotland) 1,487.00 Dundee Courier 17,420.00 Scotsman 14,781.00 Herald 20,487.00 Scotland on Sunday 4,286.00 Sunday Mail 7,050.00 Sunday Post 4,976.00 Scottish Farmer 1,555.00 Campbeltown Courier 117.00 Lloyds List 552.00 Ballymena Times 162.00 Most of the advertising costs relate to electoral registration publicity and information on postal voting.