§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much his Department has spent on advertising in national and local newspapers, on television and in other printed journals in each of the past five years; and what is budgeted in the current financial year for such advertising.
§ Mr. JoplingMy Department has spent the following sums in the years in question on advertising and paid publicity.
£ 1979–80 90,694 1980–81 95,839 1981–82 63,303 1982–83 96,730 1983–84 103,021 In 1982–83 and 1983–84 the figures included the cost of advertising and paid publicity placed on our behalf by the Central Office of Information as part of our rabies awareness campaign. The figure budgeted for 1984–85 is approximately the same as that for the current year but allowing for inflation. An exact figure could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.