§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Prime Minister if he will give separate figures for the spending by the Cabinet Office on(a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material in 1979–80 and in each following year up to and including 1991–92; and what is his latest estimate for 1992–93.
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 2 June 1992]: The information requested is not available for the years before 1987–88. For the years from 1987–88 the information is as follows:
Year Television £ Radio £ Newspaper £ Other £ 1987–88 Nil Nil Nil 19,306 1988–89 Nil Nil Nil 9,500 1989–90 Nil Nil Nil 14,833 1990–91 Nil Nil Nil 876 1 1991–92 Nil Nil Nil 10,478 1 1992–93 Nil Nil Nil 1,000 1 Estimated figures. In addition, there was estimated expenditure in 1991–92 on advertising associated with the citizens charter of £811,911 on newspaper advertising and £202,134 on other advertising. Similar expenditure in 1992–93 is provisionally estimated at £165,000 on television advertising, £495,000 on newspaper advertising and £621,000 on other advertising.