Advertising (Hansard, 22 May 1989)

HC Deb 22 May 1989 vol 153 c387W 387W

§ Mr. Grocott
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will provide as much information as possible about his Department's expenditure on commercial television advertising, without breaching commercal confidentiality, over each of the past five years.

§ Mr. Parkinson
Expenditure by my Department on television advertising over the last five years has been as follows:

£ million

1988–89 nil

1987–88 nil

1986–87 ¹16.3

1985–86 2.2

1984–85 1.3

¹ This includes expenditure of £13.5 million on the flotation of British Gas. All other expenditure in this and prior years is in connection with the energy efficiency campaign.

	£ million
1988–89	nil
1987–88	nil
1986–87	¹16.3
1985–86	2.2
1984–85	1.3
¹ This includes expenditure of £13.5 million on the flotation of British Gas. All other expenditure in this and prior years is in connection with the energy efficiency campaign.