§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Minister for the Civil Service how much money was spent in Government advertising; how much time it bought on commercial radio and TV during December 1974, January 1975, and February 1975; and how this compares with expenditure for the same period last year and the year before.
§ Mr. Charles R. Morris:The information is not readily available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, bills paid by the Central Office of Information for all forms of Government advertising in the periods stated were as follows:
ADVERTISING ON THE COI VOTE 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 £000's £000's £000's December … 852.6 994.4 899.2 January … 1,453.7 1,156.4 1,052.5 February … 1,168.0 2,117.6 1,717.9
TIME BOUGHT ON TELEVISION AND RADIO 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 £000's £000's £000's December … 295.4 387.3 330.6 January … 377.0 259.9 248.2 February … 510.6 965.8 738.9