§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list each non-departmental public body and agency for which he has responsibility and, for each, list separate figures for the spending by that body or agency on(a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising, (d) other promotional materials and activities, (e) the totals in each year of (a) to (d) and (f) the proportion of (e) that was spent on recruitment advertising for each year since 1979–80 or for each year of its existence if it has been created since then; and what are his latest estimates of (a) to (f) for the years 1994–95 and 1995–96. [17616]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordA list of my Department's non-departmental public bodies can be found in "Public Bodies 1994", published by HMSO and available in the Library of the House. Information back to 1979 is not available.
There was no expenditure by executive NDPBs or agencies in 1994–95 on either (a) television or (b) radio advertising and there are no plans for such expenditure during 1995–96.
The Department is responsible for promotional and advertising expenditure by advisory NDPBs and tribunals.
Information is not kept in the format requested to answer (c), (d) or (f) and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.