Press Releases

HC Deb 16 December 1993 vol 234 cc848-9W

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many press releases his Department has issued in each year since 1979.

Mr. Redwood

My Department issued press releases for the Welsh Office and on behalf of other Government Departments as follows:

Year	Welsh Office	Other departments	Total
11979	—	—	197
1980	—	—	440
1981	—	—	484
1982	742	292	1,034
1983	847	253	1,100
1984	916	187	1,103
1985	878	420	1,298
1986	814	470	1,284
1987	779	564	1,343

Year	Welsh Office	Other departments	Total
1988	960	558	1,518
1989	815	511	1,326
1990	881	397	1,278
1991	1,245	329	1,574
1992	1,088	256	1,344
1993	1,039	146	1,185
1Last seven months.

Records have not been kept of the split between press releases issued for the Welsh Office and for other departments for the years 1979, 1980 and 1981.