§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in national newspapers in each of the past five years; and if he will provide a breakdown by newspaper title.
§ Mr. ButcherInformation is not readily available to distinguish between expenditure on advertising in national newspapers and that in the press generally. Nor is it readily available for amounts spent other than centrally by my Department.
The figures which are readily available are:
£ 1982–83 1,340,523 1983–84 1,198,443 1984–85 2,810,883 1985–86 1,216,424 1986–87 986,798 It is not the practice of Her Majesty's Government to publish the sums paid to individual contractors.