HC Deb 08 May 1984 vol 59 cc308-9W
Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much his Department has spent on advertising in national and local newspapers, on televisio 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. Butcher

Expenditure on advertising by the Department of Trade and Industry for the past five years was as follows:

Press Television
£ £
1979–80 248,688
1980–81 527,882
1981–82 799,982
1982–83 1,340,523 729,934
1983–84 1,498,443 192,486

The advertising budget for the current year is £1,115,000.