§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what will be the total spending of his Department on press and public relations in the current year; and what it was in 1979–80 and each intervening year;
(2) how many press and public relations staff are employed in his Department; and how many were employed in 1979–80 and each intervening year.
§ Mr. RidleyI shall answer these questions shortly.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what will be the estimated spending by his Department on televison, radio and newspaper advertising, respectively, and other promotional literature in the current year; and what was the total in 1979–80 and each intervening year.
§ Mr. RidleyThe information relating to television and press advertising in the years 1979–80 to 1983–84 was contained in the answer given by the then Secretary of State for the Environment to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) on 8 May 1984 at column325.
For subsequent years the expenditure was as follows:
1984–85 £ 1985–86 £ Newspapers 679,690 543,527 Television 516,381 Nil Figures for radio and other promotional literature are as follows:
Radio Other promotional literature £ £ 1979–80 19,455 145,500 1980–81 Nil 388,301 1981–82 11,500 387,200 1982–83 Nil 516,795 1983–84 Nil 383,309 1984–85 4,832 1,100,918 1985–86 38,946 599,316 1 Does not include HMSO costs. The estimated expenditure in 1986–87 on advertising in all media (a breakdown is not possible at this stage) is £602,500, and for other promotional literature £1,022,500.