§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost of advertising by his Department has been for each year since 1979 and for each of the last 12 months.
§ Mr. GoodladThe cost of advertising in the United Kingdom by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for recruitment in 1992–93, the last financial year for which information is available, was:
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FCO Diplomatic Wing £ FCO ODA Wing £ 1992–93 150,787 238,033 The corresponding figures for 1979–80 and 1985–86 are:
FCO Diplomatic Wing £ FCO ODA Wing £ 1979–80 100,266 214,739 1985–86 160,535 271,084 Cost for each of last 12 months are:
FCO Diplomatic Wing £ FCO ODA Wing £ 1992 December 521 0 1993 January 3,560 15,668 February 35,656 9,546 March 11,870 26,647 April 1,704 37,152 May 2,938 32,196 June 1,455 9,783 July 0 2,250 August 0 18,142 September 1,192 10,587 October 613 30,680 November 0 3,987 The compilation of these figures for intervening years and of the cost of advertising overseas would incur disproportionate cost.