§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details of the advertising and publicity expenditure for the Training Agency for each financial year from 1979 to the present date.
§ Mr. CopeThe information is given in the table:
Spending on advertising and publicity by the Manpower Services Commission Year Amount £ million 1979–80 n.a. 1980–81 5.5 1981–82 4.7 1982–83 6.3 1983–84 4.9 1984–85 6.1 1985–86 17.0 1986–87 34.9 1987–88 35.9 Information on budgets for 1988–89 and 1989–90 for spending on general publicity, to include the Training Agency, will he found in table 7.29 on page 25 of the Public Expenditure White Paper, cm. 607, published January 1989. Details of final expenditure for 1988–89 are not yet available. Detailed decisions on expenditure by media group for 1989–90 as requested have not yet been taken.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details of the advertising and publicity expenditure for his Department for each financial year from 1979 to the present date.
§ Mr. CopeThe amount spent by the Department of Employment on advertising and publicity in each financial year is as follows:
Year Amount £ million 1979–80 0.7 1980–81 0.3 1981–82 0.4 1982–83 0.5 1983–84 0.5 1984–85 0.3 1985–86 1.2 1986–87 16.4 1987–88 10.5 1988–89 118.3 1 This includes expenditure for the Employment Service. Training Agency expenditure is not included.