§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary State Education and Science if he will publish a table giving the total budget for his Department for(a) publicity and publications and (b) press for each year from 1979 to date and the planned allocation for future years, in current, and constant prices.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe expenditure figures for publicity and publications and for press advertising for each year from 1979–80 are given in the table. The figure for 1991–92 is estimated expenditure. The Government's expenditure plans for 1992–93 and the following two years will be announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Autumn Statement. The rise in expenditure since 1989–90 is the result of the teachers' recruitment campaign and the parents charter.
Year Publicity and publications £000 Press advertising £000 1979–80 12.2 91.6 1980–81 58.3 8.9 1981–82 49.9 86.9 1982–83 33.7 6.0 1983–84 74.9 9.6 1984–85 150.6 18.5 1985–86 184.1 14.8 1986–87 533.0 532.0 1987–88 1,459.0 280.0 1988–89 1,196.0 475.0 1989–90 1,161.8 238.0 1990–91 3,113.0 1,407.0 1991–921 4,893.0 2,049.0 1 Estimated.