§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales 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.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsFigures for total expenditure on press and public relations that can be readily identified are as follows:
£ 1979–80 451,355 1980–81 511,656 1981–82 519,000 1982–83 575,090 1983–84 637,636 1984–85 692,854 1985–86 834,556 1986–87 1518,350 1 Budgeted expenditure only. These figures include expenditure on information and publicity material, and salaries and accommodation for all information grades and support staff based on ready reckoner figures for the years 1979–80 to 1985–86. The figure for 1986–87 gives expenditure only as ready reckoner figures are not yet available.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales what will be the estimated spending by his Department on television, 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. Nicholas EdwardsI refer the hon. Gentleman for figures for expenditure on newspaper and television advertising to the replies I gave to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) on 8 May 1984, at column 287, for the years 1979–80 to 1983–84, and on 6 December 1985, at column 353, for the financial year 1984–85.
Figures for radio advertising and other promotional literature are as follows:
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Radio Other promotional literature £ 1979–80 Nil 24,200 1980–81 Nil 22,171
Radio Other promotional literature £ 1981–82 Nil 43,773 1982–83 Nil 28,486 1983–84 Nil 34,234 1984–85 Nil 100,331 Figures for newspapers, television, radio advertising and other promotional literature for 1985–86 are as follows:
£ Newspapers 30,825 Television — Radio — Other promotional literature 91,602 The estimated spend for the current year for newspaper, television and radio advertising is £105,000 and for promotional literature £120,000.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales 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. Nicholas EdwardsThe total number of information staff currently employed in the Welsh Office is 15. The figure for each year from 1979–80 is as follows:
Number 1979–80 17 1980–81 17 1981–82 15 1982–83 15 1983–84 13 1984–85 15 1985–86 16