§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the newspapers in which the advertisement entitled "If there is a Public Transport Strike Tomorrow" appeared on 11 July; what was the cost of each advertisement; and what was the total cost of the production and displaying of the advertisement.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 18 July 1989]: The advertisement appeared on 11 July in southern editions of the Daily Mail, Daily Express, Today, The Star, The Sun, and Daily Mirror; and national editions of The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Financial Times and in the London Evening Standard.
The total cost of this advertising including production was £190,733.59. Information about the breakdown of costs by each newspaper, as requested, is commercially confidential.