HC Deb 13 March 1989 vol 149 c22W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the latest figure for the estimated spending in 1988–89 by the Foreign Office on(a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material; and what is the 1989–90 budget for each of these categories of spending.

Mr. Eggar

Latest Foreign and Commonwealth Office estimates of expenditure on advertising and other promotional material for 1988–89 and their 1989–90 budget provision are:

1988–89 1989–90
£ £
FCO Diplomatic Wing 291,000 499,000
FCO ODA Wing 714,000 820,000
1,005,000 1,319,000

A disaggregation of these figures to identify the medium used is not available.