§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the total amount of money spent by his Department on advertising in each of the last five years for which figures are available (a) of job vacancies and (b) for other reasons.
§ Mr. YoungerExpenditure on advertising by my Department on(a) job vacancies and (b) for other reasons in the past five years is as follows:
(£ thousand) 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 (a) Job vacancies 81 57 31 37 68 (b) Other reasons 296 407 477 603 588