Departmental Publicity Costs

HC Deb 20 February 1976 vol 905 cc882-3W

Mrs. Winifred Ewing

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the total cost of publicity incurred by his Department in the years 1973, 1974 and 1975; and what is the estimate for 1976, broken down into relevant headings.

Mr. Peart

The total cost of publicity incurred by my Department is as follows:

Expenditure incurred by my Department in support of the educational aspects of the work of the Agricultural Develop-

					1975–76	1976–77*
			1973–74	1974–75	Forecast	Estimated
			£	£	£	£
Agricultural shows	…	…	36,000	43,000	50,000	62,500
Marketing demonstrations	…	…	5,000	4,000	5,700	4,750
Demonstration films	…	…	4,425	5,350	6,200	7,500
* Subject to the approval of Parliament, these amounts will be sought.