§ Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of Government advertising placed in each of the various national daily newspapers in the last ascertainable period compared with the previous similar period; and if he will include any nil returns.
§ Mr. HigginsThe information for the last two financial years is as follows:
Year ending Year ending 31.3.70 31.3.69 £ £ Daily Express 366,130 257,479 Daily Mail 101,356 50,505 Daily Mirror 751,885 454,876 Daily Sketch 52,729 40,744 Daily Telegraph 303,293 275,399 Times 80,612 64,066 Sun 36,436 39,667 Guardian 33,854 31,163 Financial Times 45,097 45,566 Morning Star — — 1,771,392 1,259,465
§ Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of Government advertising placed in each of the following weekly journals for the last ascertainable period compared with the previous similar period and on what basis was the distribution determined, namely, New Statesman, Spectator, New Society, Punch, Tribune, and Time and Tide.
§ Mr. HigginsFigures for the last two financial years are given below. The distribution was determined on ordinary commercial considerations.
Year ending Year ending 31.3.70 31.3.69 £ £ New Statesman 1,484 — Spectator 420 — New Society 759 — Punch 5,947 8,729 Tribune — — Time & Tide — — 8,610 8,729
§ Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what basis the distribution of Government advertising is determined.
§ Mr. HigginsOn the basis of ordinary commercial considerations.