§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. MacGregor[pursuant to his reply, 19 November 1986; c. 230]: The total budget for my Department in the current financial year is £617,000. Outturns for previous years are as follows:
Cost £000 1982–83 404 1983–84 456 1984–85 508 1985–86 524 Comparable figures for the years 1979–80 to 1981–82 are not available because of machinery of Government changes.