§ Mr. Benceasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what was the total expenditure on public relations, publicity and entertainment, respectively, by each new town development corporation in the year 1959–60, and in the two preceding years.
§ Mr. H. BrookeThis expenditure is included under the heading of "Publicity" in schedule 4 of the accounts of the development corporations, and it is not possible to subdivide the amounts into the three sub-heads mentioned. The total amounts for the new towns in England and Wales are given in the table below.
Expenditure on Publicity Development Corporation 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 £ £ £ Aycliffe 442 514 1,005 Basildon 2,469 1,883 2,617 Bracknell 1,753 1,268 1,697 Corby 1,007 3,753 1,485 Crawley 1,294 3,489 2,307 Cwmbran 1,160 1,687 2,818 Harlow 3,066 2,440 3,463 Hemel Hempstead 3,331 3,878 3,953 Peterlee 413 843 2,504 Stevenage 1,760 5,846 6,569 Welwyn Garden City 1,083 831 2,909 Hatfield 682 958 1,309