§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement as to the reasons for the cancellation of the MRCA engine control contract held by Lucas Ltd.
£m. 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 Armed Services Recruitment— (a) Press … … … 3.093 3.040 2.954 3.021 3.012 2.77 (b) TV/Cinema … … … 0.695 0.783 0.916 1.268 1.323 1.07 (c) Radio … … … — — — 0.005 0.005 0.005 (d) Posters … … … 0.062 0.082 0.068 0.135 0.040 0.014 Civilian Personnel Recruitment— (a) Press … … … 0.203 0.205 0.268 0.482 0.603 0.625 (b) Posters … … … 0.006 — — 0.006 0.007 0.031 The figures for Armed Services recruitment represent, for the greater part, expenditure falling on the Votes of the Central Office of Information. Those for civilian recruitment comprise expenditure falling solely on Defence Votes and exclude expenditure by the Civil Service Commission. Advertisements are generally in English, but the Welsh language would be used for local advertising where appropriate.