§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what was the total spending by his Department on press, public relations and advertising, respectively, in 1987–88;
(2) what is the latest figure for the estimated spending in 1988–89 by his Department on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material;
(3) what is the latest figure for the estimated expenditure by his Department on press and public relations during 1988–89;
(4) what is the latest figure for the number of staff presently employed in the press and public relations office of his Department.
§ Mr. MooreMy Department has no section which can be separately identified as public relations. Functions which are commonly associated with public relations are carried out by the Department's information division.
On 1 July 1988 Information Division had the following staff in post:
Number Professional Staff 33 Administrative Staff 42 — Total 75 Provisional figures for spending by information division in the year 1987–88 as follows:
£ Manpower 1,084,000 Advertising and other paid publicity activities 21,148,000 Estimated expenditure in the 1988–89 financial year is as follows:
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£ Manpower 1,123,000 Publicity 20,466,000 Estimated expenditure on publicity is broken down as follows:
£ Television Advertising 3,465,000 Radio Advertising None Newspaper Advertising 1,603,000 Other promotional material 15,398,000