HC Deb 18 October 1990 vol 177 cc873-5W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount of money spent by his Department, separate from that employed by the regional councils and islands councils, on publicising the system of children's hearings in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The Scottish Office has arranged and funded over the past nine years national press advertising to assist in the annual recruitment of new members to children's hearings system. Expenditure has been as follows:

Year £
1982 25,000
1983 20,000
1985 22,000
1986 16,000
1987 26,000
1988 30,000

Year £
1989 45,000
1990 50,000

There was no national publicity in 1984.

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