§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's expenditure on(a) advertising and (b) press and public relations for each year from 1979.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydTotal expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on advertising from 1979–80 to 1989–90 and estimates for 1990–91 are:
FCO (Dip Wing) FCO (ODA Wing) 1979–80 110,226 214,739 1980–81 116,532 145,697 1981–82 162,988 207,964
£ million 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Payments to Central Office of Information for Overseas information material and related activities 17.4 18.8 18.3 18.7 19.2 18.3 18.1 15.6 Other information services 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.9 3.3 6.4 Running costs of Diplomatic Wing Information/News Department 1.8 1.4 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.4 3.6 Running costs of ODA Wing Information Department 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 Costs of information staff at overseas posts 12.4 12.8 13.6 14.6 17.6 17.5 18.8 20.7 Total 32.8 34.1 35.0 36.1 39.9 38.8 43.0 46.7 Figures for the period before 1983–84 are not available on a comparable basis.