Publicity (Hansard, 7 November 1991)

§ Mr. Dobson
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will place an up-to-date copy of the note for guidance on Government publicity and advertising in the Library.

§ Mr. Wakeham
I assume that the hon. Gentleman is referring to the conventions on Government publicity and advertising.
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As I said in my reply to my hon. Friend, the Member for Wanstead and Woodford (Mr. Arbuthnot), on 28 June 1990, at column 311, a copy has already been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

§ Mr. Dobson
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy which company has been retained for the energy and environment publicity campaign.

§ Mr. Wakeham
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 5 November, at column67.

§ Mr. Dobson
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many copies of the annual report of the ministerial group on energy efficiency have been distributed; and what percentage of them were distributed to the news media.

§ Mr. Wakeham
Virtually 2,000 copies of the report have been distributed to date. Further copies will be distributed at exhibitions in coming months. Just over 4 per cent. are being distributed to news media.

§ Mr. Dobson
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy which companies were invited to tender for the energy and environment publicity campaign; and how many submitted tenders.

§ Mr. Wakeham
A number of qualified organisations were invited to tender for the advertising element of the publicity campaign, and a separate group of qualified organisations to tender for the promotional element. All the companies invited made presentations in response, and the appointments were made on the basis of competitive tendering.

§ Mr. Dobson
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the reason for the rise in the estimated cost of the energy and environment publicity campaign.

§ Mr. Wakeham
Further resources are being made available for this new campaign in order to increase still further its effectiveness and impact. The scale of the resources now available demonstrates the Government's commitment to the campaign.