HC Deb 08 February 1994 vol 237 c171W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the cost of advertising grant-maintained schools in the national press(a) in total and (b) in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Robin Squire

The total expenditure on advertisements designed to make factual information about grant-maintained schools available to parents, governors and schools is around £400,000, of which £200,000 relates to the 1992–93 financial year and around £200,000 to the current financial year.