§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. MacGregor[pursuant to his reply, 19 November 1986, c. 230]: The figures are as follows:
£ '000 Year Total Of which advertising sales of Government shareholdings 1979–80 305 276 1980–81 62 — 1981–82 422 315 1982–83 81 — 1983–84 1,382 1,258 1984–85 73 — 1985–86 6,787 6,756 1986–871 32 — 1 Budget. None of this expenditure was on television or radio advertising. The costs of advertising sales of Government shareholdings is financed from the proceeds of such share sales.