HC Deb 20 December 1995 vol 268 cc1281-3W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the expenditure of his(a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies on newspaper advertising by title for each year since 1990–91; and what estimate he has made 1995–96 based on expenditure to date and existing plans. [6558]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Press advertising expenditure by Scottish Office departments was as follows:

Newspaper £
1992–93
The Sun (Scotland) 3,404
Daily Record 11,300
News of the World (Scotland) 630
Sunday Mail 10,989
Sunday Post 11,424
Edinburgh Herald and Post 828
The Glaswegian 1,080
The Strathclyder 1,275
1993–94
The Sun (Scotland) 16,680
Aberdeen Evening Express 1,435
Aberdeen Press and Journal 13,658
Daily Record 58,712
Dundee Courier 11,849
Dundee Evening Telegraph 1,150
The Scotsman 16,219
Edinburgh Evening News 1,284
Edinburgh Herald and Post 1,526
The Herald 22,428
Glasgow Evening Times 5,544
Scotland on Sunday 5,522
News of the World (Scotland) 2,376
Sunday Express 840
Sunday Mail 46,334
Sunday Post 50,157
Sunday Times (Scotland) 360

Newspaper £
Scottish Daily Express 420
Greenock Telegraph 743
Helensburgh Advertiser 297
Scottish and Universal Lanarkshire Package 3,324
Scottish and Universal Paisley Package 1,281
Scottish and Universal West Lothian Package 1,423
Scottish and Universal Ayrshire Package 2,287
Arbroath Herald 610
Buchan Observer 554
The Glaswegian 950
North Clyde Series 835
Dunfermline Press 1,032
Falkirk Herald 815
Fife Free Press Group 2,615
Fife Leader 643
Guthrie Newspaper Group 1,937
Scottish Provincial Press 5,029
Lennox Herald 559
Motherwell Times Series 471
Oban Times 438
Orcadian 277
Paisley and Renfrew Gazette Series 1,203
Perthshire Advertiser 529
Scottish County Press Group 1,159
Stirling Observer 844
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 1,347
Airdrie and Coatbridge World 147
The Strathclyder 2,500
Cumbernauld News and Advertiser 393
East Kilbride News 525
Glenrothes Gazette 213
Irvine Times 484
Lothian Courier 690
1994–95
Scottish Daily Express 1,731
The Sun (Scotland) 10,258
News of the World (Scotland) 4,126
Daily Record 49,040
Aberdeen Evening Express 6,600
Aberdeen Press and Journal 8,426
Dundee Courier 6,928
Dundee Evening Telegraph 2,299
The Scotsman 11,565
Scotland on Sunday 11,614
Edinburgh Evening News 6,678
The Herald 12,306
Glasgow Evening Times 10,842
Sunday Mail 45,795
Sunday Post 49,306
Sunday Times (Scotland) 6,880
Oban Times 335
Orcadian 498
Shetland Times 445
Stornoway Gazette and Westcoast Advertiser 1,001
Tweeddale Press Group 2,065
Greenock Telegraph 780
Scottish and Universal Lanarkshire Package 3,168
Scottish and Universal West Lothian Package 1,388
Scottish and Universal Dumfries and Galloway Package 851
Scottish and Universal Ayrshire Package 2,059
Arbroath Herald 652
Buchan Observer 519
Dunfermline Press 990
Edinburgh Herald and Post 1,568
Falkirk Herald 883
Fife Free Press Group 1,635
The Glaswegian 2,786
Guthrie Newspaper Group 2,208
Scottish Provincial Press 2,577
Lennox Herald 540
Linlithgow Journal and Gazette 216
Northern Scot Series 826

Newspaper £
Paisley and Renfrew Gazette Series 1,161
Perthshire Advertiser 554
Scottish County Press Group 1,176
Stirling Observer 811
The Strathclyder 2,500
Highland News Group 618
Galloway Gazette and Stranraer News 157
1995–961
Scottish Daily Mail 240
Scottish Daily Express 1,224
The Sun (Scotland) 3,792
Aberdeen Press and Journal 5,264
Daily Record 15,776
Dundee Courier 3,685
The Scotsman 5,600
Scotland on Sunday 2,786
The Herald 7,719
Sunday Mail 7,423
Sunday Post 7,423
The Times Education Supplement 1,174
1Expenditure to date.

There are no current plans for further press campaigns in this financial year. Details for previous years are not held centrally.

Expenditure by my agencies was:

Historic Scotland
£
1994–95
Daily Mirror 360
Glasgow Evening Times 296
The Herald 1,388
The Scotsman 1,286

Figures for previous years could be provided only at disproportionate costs. Historic Scotland has no plans for press advertising in 1995–96.

Details of press advertising by non-departmental public bodies are not held centrally.