§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment which items included in the 1988–89 estimated outturn columns of table 7.29 on page 25 of the public expenditure White Paper published in January were not included in the estimated total of £17.8 million on publicity spending by his Department given in the answer to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras on 13 March,Official Report, column 56.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 17 April 1989]: Since the public expenditure White Paper and my previous answer were published, later information has become available.
The latest estimated total for publicity expenditure for the Department of Employment in 1988–89 is £18.3 213W million. It includes expenditure for the employment service, but excludes that for the Training Agency, ACAS and the Health and Safety Executive.
The expenditure for the Training Agency, which was given in the reply to the hon. Member on 13 March 1989, Official Report, column 55, excludes expenditure for the skills training agency (shown as "Other TA publicity" in the PEWP table).