§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[pursuant to his reply, 19 November 1986, c. 257]: The total figures for the Northern Ireland Office and Northern Ireland Departments are as follows:
£ 1979–80 1,341,237 1980–81 1,069,135 1981–82 1,593,435 1982–83 1,607,005 1983–84 2,912,239 1984–85 2,705,857 1985–86 3,721,919 1986–87 13,428,850 1Estimated.