§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total expenditure by his Department's information divisions, including advertising and other paid publicity activities, staff and running costs, in the years 1988–89 and 1989–90.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information on staff and running costs for 1988–89 is not available in the form requested, because the Department of Social Security was50W then part of the Department of Health and Social Security. Advertising and other paid publicity activities were run as a separate programme and can be costed; staff and running costs, however, were not separate and to obtain this figure would be at disporportionate cost:
£ 1988–1989 Publicity 12,334,342 1989–1990 Publicity 15,598,464 Staff 1,157,000 Running costs 70,000