HC Deb 11 March 1993 vol 220 cc689-90W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 2 June 1992 to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson),Official Report, columns 538–40, what is his Department's (a) current outturn estimate for publicity expenditure for 1992–93 and (b) budgeted publicity expenditure for 1993–94.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

[holding answer 25 February 1993]: My Department's current outturn estimate for 1992–93 and provisional budget for 1993–94 for centrally controlled expenditure on advertising, broken down into media categories, and on other promotional material are as follows:

£ million
1992–93 1993–94
Television advertising 2.521 2.872
Radio advertising 0.001 Nil
Newspaper advertising 8.375 9.594
Other promotional material 4.577 5.114
Total 15.474 17.580

In addition, the outturn estimate of publicity expenditure (excluding staff and operating costs) by MOD press and public relations for 1992–93 is £2.98 million and the provisional budget for 1993–94 is £2.93 million broken down as follows:

£ million
1992–93 1993–94
Films/TV 0.298 0.558
Exhibitions and displays 0.876 0.894
Publications 0.788 0.668
Equipment 0.152 0.104
Miscellaneous items 0.870 0.688

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