HC Deb 08 December 1993 vol 234 c231W
Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spends annually on(a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising and (c) press advertising; and what were the corresponding figures for 1985 and 1979.

Mr. Redwood

There is no average annual spend on advertising, but the figures for the two specific years 1979 and 1985, and for the lastest available year 1992–93, are as follows:

Welsh office publicity spend
£, 000
Year Radio TV Press Joint1 press and TV
1979–80 Nil 61
1985–86 Nil Nil 31
1992–93 Nil 77 350
1 Television and Press advertising for the years 1979–85 cannot be readily separated.

Note: In 1992–93 it was decided to advertise the Organ Donor Scheme on TV, which accounted for £70,000 out of the £77,000.

Schools in existence as at January 1993
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Special
Clwyd 14 13 13 13 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Dyfed 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Gwent 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
Gwynedd 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
Mid Glamorgan 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Powys 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
South Glamorgan 19 19 19 17 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15
West Glamorgan 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
Wales 75 73 73 71 69 68 67 65 65 64 62 61 61 61
All LEA/GM Schools
Clwyd 316 314 311 309 302 301 300 300 300 299 296 293 292 292
Dyfed 400 398 392 387 382 379 372 365 365 359 354 354 354 352
Gwent 343 338 328 324 321 312 296 293 287 283 279 278 265 263
Gwynedd 231 230 230 229 229 229 229 228 226 224 223 221 220 219
Mid Glamorgan 396 392 391 393 390 384 387 387 387 387 387 380 381 379
Powys 147 145 141 138 138 136 134 132 131 131 130 129 126 126
South Glamorgan 239 236 232 222 219 213 211 211 210 210 210 209 210 210
West Glamorgan 238 236 226 215 210 208 208 204 203 202 198 198 198 198
Wales 2,310 2,289 2,251 2,217 2,191 2,162 2,137 2,120 2,109 2,095 2,077 2,062 2,046 2,039