§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give separate 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 are his latest estimates for 1991–91 and budgets for 1991–92.
Mr. JacksonExpenditure on advertising and promotional material by the Department of Employment from 1979–80 to 1985–86 was as follows:
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£ 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, 1989–90 and 1990–91 are as follows:
Television Press/Radio Other promotional 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 1.2 1990–91 n/a 0.5 2.1 The Department's overall advertising budget for 1991–92 is £17.4 million. Detailed discussions on expenditure by media category have not yet been taken.
All the above figures refer only to Department of Employment expenditure. They do not cover expenditure by the former Training Agency, Training Commission and Manpower Services Commission. Figures for these are being provided to the hon. Member in reply to a separate question.