HC Deb 10 April 1968 vol 762 cc268-9W
Mr. Murray

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost of Government advertising in each of the following newspapers in 1967, namely, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, Daily Sketch, The Times, the Guardian, the Sun, Financial Times, Morning Star, Evening News, Evening Standard, Sunday Express, News of the World, Sunday Telegraph, the People, the Observer, Sunday Times and Sunday Mirror.

Mr. Harold Lever

The following table shows the cost in the financial year 1967–68 of display advertising in the newspapers named.

AMOUNTS PAID BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON DISPLAY ADVERTISING SPACE IN CERTAIN NEWSPAPERS IN 1967–68.
Newspaper Expenditure
£
Daily Express 379,938
Daily Mail 122,525
Daily Mirror 514,983
Daily Sketch 43,573
Daily Telegraph 329,137
Financial Times 47,389
Guardian 44,922
Morning Star Nil
Sun 46,456
Times 61,179
News of the World 185,059
People 155,360
Sunday Express 226,136
Sunday Mirror 264,397
Sunday Telegraph 41,415
Sunday Times 327,891
Observer 184,237
Evening News 24,075
Evening Standard 32,989
Notes:
The amounts are those paid to advertising agents.
Comparable information for semi-display and classified advertising is not readily available.