§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of advertising by his Department has been for each year since 1979 and for each of the last 12 months.
§ Mr. HowardFigures for advertising expenditure since 1979 are as follows:
£ 1979–80 2,904,671 1980–81 1,649,605 1981–82 1,834,476 1982–83 1,957,304 1983–84 2,760,681 1984–85 3,262,700 1985–86 3,306,391 1986–87 5,000,000 1987–88 4,700,000 1988–89 5,400,000 1989–90 5,500,000 1990–91 5,728,000 1991–92 7,275,940 1992–93 7,344,635 It is not possible to provide an accurate month by month breakdown of advertising expenditure for each of the last 12 months because campaigns are not booked monthly. Total expenditure for the financial year to date is £4,321,048.