HC Deb 25 April 1991 vol 189 cc520-1W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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 1990–91 and budgets for 1991–92.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Total expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on advertising and other promotional material for the years 1979–80 to 1989–90, latest estimates for 1990–91 and budget provisions for 1991–92 are:

FCO FCO
(Diplomatic wing) (ODA wing)
1979–80 100,266 214,739
1980–81 116,532 145,697
1981–82 162,998 207,964
1982–83 229,711 135,506
1983–84 205,247 252,691
1984–85 149,932 234,050
1985–86 160,535 271,084
1986–87 335,754 228,347
1987–88 195,000 351,000
1988–89 289,184 689,631
1989–90 395,842 1,066,447
1990–91 926,610 902,000
1991–92 540,204 1,031,000

A disaggregation of these figures to identify the medium used cannot be produced without incurring disproportionate costs.

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