HC Deb 12 March 1990 vol 169 cc131-3W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the figures for the spending by his Department on(a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material in 1979–80 and in each following year; and what is his latest estimate for the current year and budget for 1990–91.

Mr. Eggar

Expenditure on advertising and promotional material by the Department of Employment from 1979–80 to 1985–86 was as follows:

£
1979–80 70,000
1980–81 320,000
1981–82 400,000
1982–83 360,000
1983–84 500,000
1984–85 320,000
1985–86 1,220,000

Figures for television, radio and newspaper advertising and other promotional material are not available separately.

The figures for 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90 (latest estimate) are as follows:

actively seeking work, (b) had their claims referred to an adjudication officer for not actively seeking work, (c) had their claims (i) allowed or (ii) disallowed and (d) have been referred to an adjudication officer for refusing suitable employment; and how many of those in (d) have had their benefit disqualified.

Mr. Eggar

The table shows the statistical information for the period 9 October 1989 to 26 January 1990 on questions of "actively seeking employment" and "refusal of employment":

Television Press/Radio Other promotional
£ million £ million £ million
1986–87 9.3 3.0 4.1
1987–88 3.3 0.8 2.8
1988–89 2.1 2.3 1.3
1989–90 0.9 0.9 1.0

The information on the Department's publicity budget for 1990–91 will be found in table 6.31 on page 29 of chapter VI of the public expenditure White Paper published in January 1990. Detailed decisions on expenditure by media group have not yet been taken.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the figures for the spending by the Training Agency on(a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material in 1979–80 and in each following year; and what is his latest estimate for the current year and budget for 1990–91.

Mr. Eggar

The information requested is given in the table:

Television Radio Press Other Total
(£) (£) (£) (£) (£)
Actual
1979–80 n/a n/a — — —
1980–81 424,102 4,127 2,496,440 2,588,540 5,513,209
1981–82 — 62,896 1,814,935 2,784,279 4,662,110
1982–83 — 89,654 2,984,230 3,222,031 6,295,915
1983–84 1,479,748 17,434 764,409 2,670,666 4,932,257
1984–85 944,975 3,477 717,057 4,473,283 6,138,792
1985–86 9,676,257 311,537 1,867,286 5,111,180 16,966,260
1986–87 15,624,000 258,631 6,927,370 12,124,000 34,934,001
1987–88 17,321,000 26,841 6,950,159 11,647,000 35,945,000
1988–89 12,569,000 n/a 5,502,000 12,449,000 30,520,000

Television Radio Press Other Total
(£) (£) (£) (£) (£)
Estimate
1989–90 8,610,000 56,000 6,164,000 12,492,000 27,322,000
n/a—Not available.

Detailed decisions on expenditure for 1990–91 as requested have not yet been taken.