§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo 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-HamiltonPress advertising expenditure by Scottish Office departments was as follows:
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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
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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.