§ Mr. Clayasked the Secretary of State for Defence which advertising agencies have been engaged by his Department for each of the past five years; and what sums each have been paid.
§ Mr. Lee[pursuant to his reply, 6 May 1986, c. 101] The advertising agencies engaged by the Ministry of Defence during the last five years and the sums paid in each year are as follows:
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£ million 1981–82 Collect Dickinson Pearce Butler Dennis Garland A. V. Browne J. Walter Thompson McCann Erickson Young and Rubicam Charles Barker Rex Stewart & Associates Royds National Advertising Corporation Grand Total 3.513 1982–83 Collett Dickinson Pearce Butler Dennis Garland A. V. Browne J. Walter Thompson McCann Erickson Young and Rubicam Charles Barker Rex Stewart & Associates National Advertising Corporation Grand Total 2.708 1983–84 Collett Dickinson Pearce Butler Dennis Garland A. V. Browne
£ million J. Walter Thompson Dorland & Leo Burnett Young and Rubicam Charles Barker Rex Stewart & Associates Grand Total 4.464 1984–85 Collett Dickinson Pearce Butler Dennis Garland A. V. Browne George Hynes & Partners J. Walter Thompson Young & Rubicam Charles Barker Rex Stewart & Associates Grand Total 5.838 1985–86 J. Walter Thompson Collett Dickinson Pearce Butler Dennis Garland George Hynes & Partners Young & Rubicam Charles Barker Rex Stewart & Associates Hobsons Ltd P. A. Advertising Grand Total 6.865 It is not my Department's practice to publish the sums paid to individual contractors.