HC Deb 08 October 1946 vol 427 c13W
64. Brigadier Mackeson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total sum of money expended on Government publicity agents during the first six months of 1946; and how this sum, expressed in percentage, compares with similar expenditure during the first six months of 1938.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

The total expenditure on the staffs of Information divisions of Government Departments in this country, including Ministry of Information and the Central Office of Information, in the first six months of 1946 was £545,714. The expenditure in the first six months of 1938 was 9.2 per cent. of this.