§ Mr. George Robertsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what expenditure has been incurred by his Department of tax evasion and value added tax exemptions campaign in (a) the national press, (b) the provincial press, (c) television, (d) radio and (e) elsewhere.
§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyne[pursuant to his reply, 8 April 1982, c. 488]: My Departments do not incur any direct expenditure on publicity in the media about tax evasion. Customs and Excise incurred the following expenditure on advertisements to inform the public of the new limits for exemption from registration for VAT.
National papers £ Provincial papers £ 1981 16,034.30 908.37 1982 20,661.92 1,649.34 There was no expenditure on radio or television advertising.