§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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 titles.
§ Mr. EggarForeign and Commonwealth Office expenditure on advertising and other forms of promotional literature for the financial years 1982–83 to 1986–87 was (all figures pounds sterling):
FCO (Diplomatic Wing) FCO (ODA Wing) 1982–83 229,711 135,506 1983–84 205,247 252,691 1984–85 149,932 234,050 1985–86 160,535 271,084 1986–87 335,754 228,347 This relates to advertising in national and local newspapers, and in specialised periodicals. No separate breakdown is available for advertising in national newspapers.
Some £162,633 of the diplomatic wing expenditure in 1986–87 related to the advertising under the Anglo/Soviet agreement for the settlement of claims, which has since been recovered from the Russian fund.