§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what will be the estimated spending by his 203W 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. Douglas HurdDuring this financial year the Home Office plans to spend an estimated £3 million on advertising, plus a further 1.6 million spent partly by the Home Office and partly by NTVLRO on the TV licence anti-evasion campaign. It is not yet possible to say how expenditure will finally be divided between television, radio and press. Approximately £1.3 million is likely to be spent on the production of promotional literature and related printing.
Figures for expenditure on newspapers and television advertising for 1979–80 to 1983–84 were covered by answers which appeared in Hansard on 8 May 1984 and those for the 1984–85 financial year by replies in the edition which appeared on 6 December 1985.
Figures for radio advertising and other promotional literature are as follows:
Radio £ Other promotional literature £ 1979–80 2,671 85,700 1980–81 100,605 438,355 1981–82 75,476 455,652 1982–83 109,304 431,595 1983–84 70,681 534,889 1984–85 222,700 703,066 Figures for newspapers, television, radio advertising and other promotional literature for 1985–86 are as follows:
£ Newspapers 397,790 Television 2,828,006 Radio 80,595 Other promotional literature 776,039
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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. HurdThe budget for the Home Office public relations branch for 1986–87 is £704,000. Figures for earlier years are as follows:
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Year £'000 1979–80 374 1980–81 478 1981–82 448 1982–83 429 1983–84 545 1984–85 596 1985–86 646 These figures include salary, accommodation and service costs.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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. HurdStaff in the information officer grades in post in the Home Office public relations branch on 1 November 1986 numbered 27. The figures of information officer staff in post on 1 January each year were as follows:
Year Number 1980 26 1981 27 1982 25 1983 21 1984 21 1985 25 1986 25