§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the topics of each television advertising campaign to be carried out by his Department and any other publicity campaign costing more than £100,000.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office has no plans to carry out a paid TV advertising campaign. The only domestic publicity campaign costing more than £100,000 that it will carry out is a continuing series of leaflets for British travellers explaining consular services abroad and giving general travel advice. The budget for this campaign in the present financial year is £200,000. Existing TV and radio publicity on the same theme is broadcast free as public service announcements and the FCO has no plans to produce new material at home.
The FCO has budgeted £12.4 million in the present financial year for publicity of various kinds overseas to promote Britain and in support of British Government policies.