§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide as much information as possible about his Department's expenditure on commercial televison advertising, without breaching commercial confidentiality, over each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Malcolm Rifkind[holding answer 22 May 1989]: The expenditure was as shown in the table:
Year £ 1984–85 161,218 1985–86 101,176 1986–87 82,275 1987–88 115,791 1988–89 474,844
§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much advertising air time his Department purchased with each commercial television company in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Malcolm Rifkind[holding answer 15 May 1989]: Information on television advertisements in the form requested is commercially confidential.