HC Deb 27 March 1969 vol 780 cc341-3W
Mrs. Ewing

asked the Postmaster-General of the sums spent on advertising in newspapers by his Department, namely £940,000 for telecommunications, £226,000 for the postal business, and £25,000 for giro services, how much in each case was spent in Scotland, and with which newspapers.

Mr. Stonehouse

The sums spent on Press advertising in Scottish newspapers for telecommunications and postal services and giro business is as follows.

For telecommunications, £14,110 on the following newspapers: Aberdeen Press and Journal. Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. Ayr Advertiser. Ayrshire Post. Carluke and Lanark Gazette. Daily Record. Dundee Courier and Advertiser. Dunfermline Press and West of Fife Advertiser. Fife Herald. Glasgow Herald. Hamilton Advertiser & County of Lanark News. Highland News. Johnstone Advertiser. Largs & Millport Weekly News. North Star. Oban Times. Ross-shire Journal. Scotsman. Troon and Prestwick Times.

For postal services, £6,566 on the following newspapers: Scotsman. Glasgow Evening Times. Glasgow Evening Citizen. Edinburgh Evening News. Scottish Daily Record. Dundee Courier. Dundee Evening Telegraph. Aberdeen Press and Journal. Alloa Advertiser. Alloa Circular & Hillfoots Record. Arbroath Guide. Arbroath Herald. Ayrshire Post. Banffshire Journal. West Lothian & Midlothian Advertiser. Banffshire Advertiser. Campbeltown Courier. Strathearn Herald. Scottish Newsagent. Cumnock Chronicle. Fife Herald Series. Ross-shire Journal. Lennox Herald. Dumfries and Galloway News. Dundee Weekly News. Dunoon Observer. East Kilbride News. Northern Scot Series. Forfar Dispatch. Fraserburgh Herald. Banffshire Herald. Kilmarnock Standard. Orcadian. Kirriemuir Free Press Series. Kirriemuir Herald. Northern Times. Carluke & Lanark Gazette. Shetland Times. East Fife Mail. Argyllshire Advertiser. Annandale Series. Montrose Review. Montrose Standard. Motherwell Times. Galloway Gazette. Oban Times & West Highland Times. Paisley Pictorial. Perthshire Advertiser. Buchan Observer. The Buteman. Stirling Journal. Stirling Observer Series. Stornoway Gazette. Stranraer Wigtown Free Press. Scottish Provincial Assoc. Newspapers. Scottish County Press Group. Peoples Journal (all editions).

Press advertising expenditure for publicising Giro was £251,067 of which £8,169 19s. 6d. was spent in the following newspapers: Sunday Post. Aberdeen Press and Journal. Dundee Courier and Advertiser. Scotsman. Glasgow Herald. Glasgow Herald Computer. Edinburgh Evening News. Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce Journal. Dundee Chamber of Commerce Journal. Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Journal. Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Journal. Scotland Tomorrow. Scottish Co-operative.

It is not possible to say what proportion of telecommunication, postal and giro advertising expenditure is accounted for in advertising in the Scottish editions of national newspapers—i.e. those published in London.