Advertising (Hansard, 15 May 1989)

§ Mr. Grocott
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much advertising air time his Department purchased with each commercial television company in each of the last five years.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
The information requested is commercially confidential.

§ Mr. Grocott
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on advertisements on commercial television in each of the last five years, listed by each television company.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
The spending by the Department of Transport on television advertising in each of the last five years is as follows:

Financial year Privatisation Non-privatisation Total

1984–85 Nil 1,552,810 1,552,810

1985–86 Nil Nil Nil

1986–87 2,731,544 Nil 2,731,544

1987–88 3,701,725 2,191,494 5,893,219

1988–89 Nil 1,725,128 1,725,128

Information on expenditure with individual television companies is commercially confidential.

Financial year	Privatisation	Non-privatisation	Total
1984–85	Nil	1,552,810	1,552,810
1985–86	Nil	Nil	Nil
1986–87	2,731,544	Nil	2,731,544
1987–88	3,701,725	2,191,494	5,893,219
1988–89	Nil	1,725,128	1,725,128