§ Mr. DobsonTo 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 HoggTotal 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:
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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.