§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, in declining order of size of print run, all leaflets and circulars printed by him for general or mass circulation distribution in the past two years on education, health, and other topics relating to his departmental responsibilities, and their cost in each case.
§ Mr. David HuntThe information requested by the hon. Gentleman is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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.
§ Mr. David HuntA breakdown of annual expenditure by the Welsh Office in advertising and other publicity from 1979–80 to 1990–91 is set out in the following table.
Publicity expenditure in 1991–92 is planned to be about £2,000,000. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of this under each heading because in many cases decisions 51W about the extent to which different media will be used are taken as projects develop. Budgets for 1992–93 have yet to be finalised.
Welsh Office Publicity Spend Year Radio Advertising Television Advertising 1Joint Press and Television Advertising Press Advertising Other Promotional Material (£.000) (£.000) (£.000) (£.000) (£.000) 1979–80 Nil 61 24 1980–81 Nil 62 22 1981–82 Nil 100 44 1982–83 Nil 99 28 1983–84 Nil 108 34 1984–85 Nil 66 100 1985–86 Nil Nil 31 92 1986–87 Nil 27 49 331 1987–88 Nil 39 191 615 1988–89 Nil 64 112 1,105 1989–90 Nil 57 354 1,758 1990–91 Nil 17 251 1,161 1 Television and Press advertising for the years 1979–85 cannot be readily separated.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total expenditure by his Department on press and public relations in 1979–80, and each following year; and what is his estimate for 1991–92 and budget for 1992–93.
§ Mr. David HuntFigures for expenditure by the Department's information division, including staff and press cutting service, but excluding media advertising and promotional material, cannot readily be disaggregated for the years 1979–80 to 1987–88.
Figures for the succeeding years are:
£ 1988–89 469,000 1989–90 487,000 1990–91 481,000
Campaign Timing Companies Enterprise Wales Ongoing McCann Erickson Payne Golley/ Hall Harrison Cowley Road Safety Ongoing Dragon Advertising/Hall Harrison Cowley Drug and Alcohol Misuse Ongoing Hall Harrison Cowley Parents Charter Commenced 27 September 1991 None commissioned by Welsh Office Patients Charter Commenced 28 October 1991 None commissioned by Welsh Office
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether his Department has sent unsolicited direct mail as part of the distribution of publicity material.
§ Mr. David HuntYes. Such direct marketing to date includes distribution of agricultural information to farmers, valleys promotional literature, community charge information and promotional material for the Enterprise Wales scheme.