HC Deb 24 March 1994 vol 240 c358W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the answer of 2 March,Official Report, columns 767–68, regarding advertising campaigns by the Cabinet Office, what is (a) the budgeted and actual cost of each campaign listed for 1993–94 and (b) the budgeted cost of each campaign listed for 1994–95.

Mr. Waldegrave

The information requested for 1993–94 is set out in the following table. The budget for 1994–95 will be finalised shortly.

Campaign Budgeted Cost Actual Cost
OPSS
Publicity for 1993 Charter Marie Winners1 311,747
Promotion of the 1994 Charter Mark Scheme1 66,383
Charterline Advertising1 542,010
Civil Service College
Promotion of courses and other activities 352,000 342,000
HMSO
Promotion of publications, videos and IT product range 1,105,000 1,344,000
Promotion of HMSO's status as a British Standards Institution Agent 57,000
Strengthening of awareness of HMSO in central and local government, the health service and public utilities 125,000 101,000

Notes:

1 There was no separate budget for advertising for the three OPSS campaigns. Advertising was included in the overall budget for each of the projects.

2 HMSO's financial year ends on 31 December and the figures quoted relate to the calendar year 1993.

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