HC Deb 31 March 1969 vol 781 cc51-2W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Postmaster-General how much was spent in Wales, and in what newspapers, of the £940,000 spent on advertising telecommunications by his Department, and the £266,000 and £25,000 spent on advertising the Postal and giro services, respectively.

Mr. Stonehouse

For telecommunications, £3,843, in the following newspapers:

  • Baner Ac Amserau Cymru
  • Herald Cymraeg a'r Genedl
  • 52
  • Y Cymro
  • Abergavenny Chronicle
  • Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald
  • Cambrian News
  • Denbigh Free Press
  • Western Mail.

For posts, £2,617, in the following newspapers:

  • Baner Ac Amserau Cymru
  • Herald Cymraeg
  • Y Cymro
  • South Wales Echo
  • Swansea Evening Post
  • Herald of Wales
  • South Wales Voice
  • West Wales Observer
  • Y Tyst
  • Western Mail
  • Cambrian News
  • South Wales Guardian
  • Y Seren
  • North Wales Chronicle
  • Barmouth Advertiser
  • Barry and District News
  • Brecon & Radnor Express
  • Glamorgan Gazette
  • Caernarvon Herald
  • Cardigan & Tivy Side Advertiser
  • Carmarthen Journal
  • Carmarthen Times
  • Welshman
  • North Wales Weekly News (Conway)
  • Y Dydd a'r Corwen Chronicle
  • Denbighshire Free Press and North Wales Times
  • Baner and Times of Wales
  • Pembroke County and West Wales Guardian Western Telegraph
  • Llandudno Advertiser
  • Llanelly Star
  • Monmouthshire Beacon
  • West Wales Weekly Advertiser
  • South Wales Weekly Argus
  • Wales and Border Newspapers Group
  • Penarth Times
  • Free Press of Monmouthshire
  • Rhyl Journal and Advertiser
  • Rhyl Times
  • Rhos Herald
  • Wrexham Gazette.

For Giro, £994, as follows:

  • Western Mail
  • South Wales Evening Post.

It is not possible to say what proportion of expenditure is accounted for in advertising in national newspapers circulating in Wales.