§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what has been the total cost to his Department of(a) the higher education charter, (b) the further education charter and (c) the parents charter since their inception; and what are the estimated costs for 1993–94 and the budgeted costs for 1994–95.
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§ Mr. Robin SquireThe cost of the parents charter campaign which was launched in September 1991 was £2.1 million. The further and higher education charters were jointly produced, printed, distributed and advertised in 1993–94. While it is not possible to attribute separate costs to either charter, the total cost of this campaign was £1.4 million.
The cost of the revised parents charter, to be launched later in the spring, is £2.2 million, falling in 1993–94, while the budgeted cost of distribution in 1994–95 is estimated at some £500,000 although contracts have yet to be let.