§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the total cost of pre-flotation publicity for each of the concerns privatised by the Government since 1979.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[pursuant to his reply, 30 October 1986, c. 232]: The Government's pre-sale publicity costs on share sales since 1979 were, excluding VAT:
£'000 British Aerospace (1981) 545 Cable and Wireless (1981) 303 Amersham International (1982) 99 Britoil (1982) 304 Associated British Ports (1983) 260 Cable and Wireless (1983) 806 Associated British Ports (1984) 125 Enterprise Oil (1984) 213 British Telecom (1984) 12,383 British Aerospace (1985) 1,656 Britoil (1985) 3,528 Cable and Wireless (1985) 2,422