Mrs. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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. [17640]
§ Mr. NorrisThe information on non-departmental public bodies and agencies is not held centrally, nor are figures readily available elsewhere. Such data as could be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs are in the following table.
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1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 (est) f) Recruitment (percentage of total) 0.44 0.09 0.31 Nil Nil Nil Traffic Director for London1 f) Recruitment — Nil 11,647 9,812 29,306 30,000 London Regional Passengers Committee (LRPC)1 f) (Recruitment — — — — 1,410 n/a Northern Lighthouse Board1 f) (Recruitment 5,097 17,335 5,291 6,227 5,731 5,000 Trinity House Lighthouse Service1 f) (Recruitment 5,000 14,000 10,000 16,000 11,000 15,000 Traffic Commissioners1 f) (Recruitment — — 13,919 — — 13,000 VI1 f) Recruitment 43,503 29,566 11,635 5,562 904 Nil Highways Agency1 f) Recruitment — — — — 36,541 n/a VCA1 f) Recruitment — 200 — 626 1,547 1,500 TRL1 f) Recruitment — — n/a 40,000 50,000 70,000 DSA1 f) Recruitment 49,000 800,000 Nil 10,000 34,000 12,000 Marine Safety Agency1 f) Recruitment — — — — 12,181 15,000 The Coastguard Agency1 f) Recruitment — — — — 23,458 21,000 1 No above the line advertising (a to d).