§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has sent unsolicited direct mail as part of the distribution of publicity material.
§ Mr. DorrellThe Department has used direct mail to every household to inform the public about AIDS and the NHS reforms. A summary of the patients charter will shortly be issued to each household.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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 1991–92 and budgets for 1992–93.
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§ Mr. DorrellInformation for the years 1979–80 to 1987–88 is not available in the form requested.
The Department's budget for communications and publicity includes provision for nurse recruitment, blood donor recruitment and drug misuse campaigns. The other information is set out in the table.
£ million Expenditure for 1988–89 is as follows Television 1.662 Radio 0.205 Newspaper 1.196 Other Material 7.736 Expenditure for 1989–90 is as follows: Television 3.549 Radio 0.127 Newspaper 2.258 Other Material 10.828 Expenditure for 1990–91 is as follows: Television 1.900 Radio 0.005 Newspaper 2.739 Other Material 16.845 Estimated expenditure for 1991–92 is as follows: Television 3.200 Radio 0 Newspaper 2.030 Other Material 18.853 The budget for communications and publicity for 1992–93 has yet to be decided.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide an up-to-date list of each television advertising campaign carried out, or to be carried out, by his Department during 1991–92, and of each other publicity campaign costing more than £100,000, giving for each(a) the topic, (b) the commencement date, (c) the duration and (d) the advertising, promotional and public relations companies involved.
§ Mr. DorrellI refer the hon. Member to the replies that I gave him on 1 July at column54, 10 July at column 414 and 11 July at column 459. In addition to that information, other campaigns for 1991–92 costing more than £100,000 are:
Advice to elderly people —commencing shortly and will be ongoing. The Patient's Charter —commenced October and will continue to January 1992. The only additional major company involved is Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Television advertising is currently being used for the nursing campaign and will be used in early 1992 for the solvent misuse campaign.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total expenditure by his Department on press and public relations in 1979–80 and in each following year; and what is his estimate for 1991–92 and budget for 1992–93.
§ Mr. DorrellFunctions that are commonly associated with press and public relations are carried out by the Department's information division. Manpower and running costs of this division are: 105W
£million 1989–90 Expenditure 0.890 1990–91 Expenditure 1.250 1991–92 Expenditure1 1.540 1 Estimated. Information for the years 1979–80 to 1987–88 is not available in the form requested. Budgets for 1992–93 have yet to be decided.