§ 1989. Mr. CohenTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total publicity and advertising expenditure, including for privatisation, of his Department and public bodies for which his Department has responsibility in(a) 1979 and (b)
§ Mr. CurryThe information requested is supplied by financial years. The total estimated publicity budget for my Department for 1989–90 is £2.5 million. Comparable figures for the year 1979–80 are not available on an identical basis due to changes in the way the figures are recorded. The spend for 1979–80 was £256,000. This figure, however, includes recruitment and other types of advertising as well as promotional publicity. It would be possible to distinguish between the two only at disproportionate cost.
No privatisations took place in the Department in the years 1979 and 1989.