Information Division

HC Deb 20 July 1994 vol 247 c364W

Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the expenditure of her Department's information division in each year since 1979.

Mr. Sackville

Expenditure for the Department's information division which now includes the recently established public inquiry office and the rationalisation of the Department's printing services are as follows:

	Publicity £ million	Manpower and running costs £ million
1985–86	4.513	—
1986.87	12.627	—
1987–88	12.381	—
1988–89	10.799	—
1989–90	17.248	0.890
1990–91	21.008	1.250
1991–92	24.471	1.491
1992–93	20.710	1.749
1993–94	119.405	1.897
1 Estimated.

Note: Information on publicity expenditure for the year 1979 to 1984–85 and on manpower and running costs for the years 1979 to 1988–89 are not available in the form requested.