§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Energy 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. Peter WalkerExpenditure on advertising by the Department of(a) job vacancies and (b) for other reasons in the past five years was:
Job vacancies £ Other reasons £ 1979–80 17,000 1,305,500 1980–81 5,000 3,090,000 1981–82 1,000 3,239,000 1982–83 500 1,247,500 1983–84 2,000 2,522,000 Advertising expenditure is mainly directed at information and advice in support of the energy efficiency campaign.