§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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 promotion materials 203W 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. [17638]
§ Mr. RedwoodThe available information is set out in the following table. The expenditure cannot be broken down into the categories asked for and non-departmental public bodies do not keep separate records of publicity expenditure for earlier years.
NDPBs' Publicity Budgets 1994–95 (projected out-turn) 1995–96 (planned spend) ACAC (Curriculum and Assessment Authority) 36 50 Arts Council of Wales 46 50 Cardiff Bay Development Corporation 2,400 1,900 Countryside Council for Wales 182 93 Development Board for Rural Wales 1,260 775 Further Education Funding Council for Wales 58 61 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales 42 44 Housing for Wales 61 148 Land Authority for Wales 120 120 Residuary Body for Wales nil 3 National Library of Wales 25 30 National Museum of Wales 160 200 Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales 26 15 Sports Council for Wales 123 110
£000 TV Radio Press Other Total Of which recruitment advertising 1992–93 77 nil 350 1,547 1,974 54 1993–94 6 nil 269 1,083 1,358 47 1994–95 8 nil 247 1,470 1,725 71 The publicity budget for 1995–96 is under review.