§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 2 June,Official Report, column 497, if he will give his Department's total 1992–93 budget for spending on advertising and other promotional material.
§ Mr. EggarPublicity budgets form part of the programmes to which they relate. Allocations for advertising and promotional material, as for other publicity expenditure, will be made as needed during the year.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 2 June,Official Report, column 497, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the fall in his Department's spending on advertising and promotional material between 1990–91 and 1991–92.
§ Mr. EggarI am pleased to say that the continued interest firms have shown in the Department's Enterprise Initiative consultancy scheme has been such that since the spring of 1991 further national advertising support has not been needed. As a result, the Department's publicity expenditure has been reduced. More than 100,000 applications for the consultancy scheme have now been received, and some 44,000 projects have been completed.