HC Deb 13 February 1995 vol 254 cc506-7W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the total expenditure on all forms of advertising by his Department and its agencies for each year since 1979 in 1994 prices.

Mr. Forth

The expenditure figures for advertising, including press, television and radio, by the Department for the financial years since 1979 are provided in the table:

Year Advertising £000 At 1993–94 prices £000
1979–80 91.6 224.9
1980–81 8.9 18.5
1981–82 86.9 164.4
1982–83 6.0 10.6
1983–84 9.6 16.2
1984–85 18.5 29.7
1985–86 14.8 22.5
1986–87 532.0 786.8
1987–88 280.0 393.2
1988–89 515.0 677.8
1989–90 249.8 307.3
1990–91 2,604.0 2,965.9
1991–92 3,037.9 3,255.5
Year Advertising £000 At 1993–94 prices £000
1992–93 1,086.4 1,119.6
1993–94 1,442.2 1,442.2
1994–95 1150.0 147.1

Note:

1 Estimate.

The Department's agencies are responsible for their own expenditure on advertising. Such information is not held centrally.