Privatisation Publicity (Hansard, 12 January 1994)

HC Deb 12 January 1994 vol 235 c194W 194W

§ Mr. Wicks
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on publicity for (i) the Northern Ireland Electricity privatisation and (ii) the British Telecom third privatisation.

§ Mr. Dorrell
The cost of offer advertising was £2.3 million, excluding VAT, for the Northern Ireland Electricity—NIW—share offer and 13..5 million, excluding VAT, for the BT3 share offer. The NIE costs were equally split between the company and the Department of Economic Development.