HC Deb 20 June 1994 vol 245 c22W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will set out the budgets and projected budgets for her Department's information department from 1986 to 1996.

Mr. Sackville

Expenditure and budget figures 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 shown in the table.

Year Publicity £ million Manpower and running costs £ million
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
1994–95 (budgets) 23.067 2.247
1Estimated.

Information on manpower and running costs for the years 1986–87 to 1988–89 are not available in the form requested.

Budgets for 1995–96 have yet to be decided.