§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Prime Minister if she will publish a list of advertising contracts awarded by the Government in respect of the advertising programmes by the Government for the financial year 1987–88.
§ The Prime MinisterThe following agencies were approved to work on the following campaigns contracted through the Central Office of Information for the financial year 1987–88.
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Agencies Campaigns Collett Dickenson Pearce and Partners Limited Crime Prevention Prison Office Recruitment Electoral Register Koestler Awards Absent Voters Army Officer Recruitment British Nationality Act Rolls Royce Flotation Collett Dickenson Pearce and Partners Ltd.— Small Business Advisers Data Subjects Financial Offshore Supplies Office Slaymaker Cowley White/BDG Ltd. Army—Other Ranks Police Recruitment George Hynes and Partners (Ireland) Ltd. Army—Northern Ireland 349W
Agencies Campaigns Young and Rubicam Ltd. Navy Recruitment FCO Limited Fire Prevention Jobshare Job Release Waldron Allen Henry and Thompson Anti Car Tax Evasion Road Safety/Drink and Drive DDB Needham Worldwide Road Construction Taxi sharing Zeebrugge Disaster Rabies Prevention Farming and the Countryside Association of Drainage Authorities Companies Registration Office National Engineering Laboratory Patents Office Queen's Award Transonic Wind Tunnel Small Firms Merit Awards The Cuba Desk Campaign Towards Integration National Engineering Laboratory Seminars National Physical Laboratory Custom Silicon King's Cross Disaster CB Radio Licence Evasion J. Walter Thompson Company Limited Recruitment—Air Force BAA flotation Now's the time to export Yellowhammer Advertising Company Limited Employ the Unemployed Job Club Davidson Pearce Limited Action for Jobs Career Loans Gold Greenlees Trott Advertising Limited The Employment Service Enterprise Allowance Scheme Dorland Advertising Limited Mobile Tax Centre Campaign Reforms Information Pack Income Support Maternity Benefit Family Credit Pensions National Insurance Uprating Working with Drug Users Widows Benefit Housing Benefit Winter Warmth Funeral Grants Anti Smoking Special Payments Dental Charges Recruitment—Customs Officers Saatchi and Saatchi Advertising Youth Training Scheme Community Programme Dewe Rogerson Limited British Gas Flotation 2nd Call BP Flotation TBWA Limited Nurse Recruitment AIDS Blood Donor Recruitment Benton and Bowles Recruitment Limited Teaching as a Career
Agencies Campaigns Leo Burnett Limited Job Training Scheme Ayer Barker Limited Financial Services Act WCRS Mathews Marcantonio National Training Award Corporate Advertising WBH Advertising Limited Training Courses Fit for Work Sheltered Employment Procurement and Consultancy Service Job Centres
§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Prime Minister if she will publish by Government Departments the latest estimate of expenditure on advertising for the financial years 1978–79 to 1987–88 and the forecast, if any, for the years 1988–89 and 1989–90, giving in each case a breakdown of advertising in(a) television and (b) elsewhere.
§ The Prime MinisterInformation on publicity costs, including advertising, is not held centrally except where the expenditure incurred was through the Central Office of Information.
Expenditure on advertising for the year 1978–79 through COI on behalf of Government Departments was £18.8 million.
Details of departmental expenditure on publicity, including advertising, for the years 1979–80 to 1987–88 were supplied by Ministers in response to questions from the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) and published in the Official Report November—December 1986, July 1987 and December 1987-January 1988.
Forecasts for 1988–89 and 1989–90 are a matter for individual Ministers and are not available centrally.
§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Prime Minister if the press offices of Government Departments are involved in the preparation of Government advertisements.
§ The Prime MinisterThe deployment of staff in Government Departments is a matter for the Ministers in charge of the Departments.