§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Transport 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. MooreThe total spending by my Department on press and publicity for the years 1979–80 and each subsequent year is as follows:
£ 1979–80 5,839,662 1980–81 5,704,158 1981–82 5,488,211 1982–83 4,648,535 1983–84 6,499,335 1984–85 5,279,115 1985–86 5,788,492 1986–87 *6,636,745 * Estimated. Over 95 per cent. of this expenditure relates to road safety advertising.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Transport what will be the estimated spending by his Department on 319W 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. MooreFigures for expenditure on behalf of my Department by the Central Office of Information on newspaper and television advertising in the years 1979–84 were covered by answers which appeared inHansard on 8 May 1984, c. 318 and those for 1984–85 financial year by reply in the edition which appeared 9 December 1985, c. 391.
Figures for radio advertising and other promotional literature are as follows:
Year Radio £ Other Promotional Literature £ 1979–80 62,126 71,500 1980–81 335,800 140,310 1981–82 5,750 113,800 1982–83 97,750 217,500 1983–84 22,117 505,608 1984–85 207,290 412,310 Figures for 1985–86 and estimated figures for 1986–87 are as follows:
Year Radios £ Other promotional literature £ Newspapers £ Television 1985–86 761,850 355,672 1,034,441 Nil 1986–87 496,000 530,000 480,000 Nil Over the years 1979–86, about 95 per cent. of the expenditure relates to road safety advertising. Other significant subjects covered were mobility for the disabled, vehicle licensing, car sharing, exhibitions of new road schemes, bus deregulation and Channel Tunnel Bill procedures.
In addition, direct expenditure by my Department and the Department of the Environment for the years 1979–84 on statutory and classified press advertising was as follows:
Year £ 1979–80 500,262 1980–81 419,318 1981–82 605,299 1983–84 607,635 1983–84 873,207 These expenditures include spending by the Department of the Environment since, during that period, the Departments had a common information directorate. They do not include the cost of a limited amount of statutory advertising in the London Gazette.
Expenditure by my Department on statutory and classified press advertising for the succeeding years was as follows:
Year £ 1984–85 14,575 1985–86 30,573 1986–87 130,000 1 Estimated.