§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total expenditure on(a) all forms of publicity and (b) all publications and pamphlets produced for his Department and for all agencies and public bodies for which his Department is responsible for each year since 1979, including the budgeted figure for 1995–96, (i) including and excluding privatisation-related expenditures and expressed in 1994 prices; and if he will supply information for the period from 1 April 1993 to 1 March 1995 showing (1) the nature and (2) the purpose of each publicity campaign and of each publication involving the expenditure of more than £50,000. [14596]
§ Sir Paul Beresford[holding answer 17 March 1995]: To supply all the information requested would involve disproportionate expense. The following information is readily available.
Publicity expenditure by my Department, excluding agencies, expressed in 1994 prices, is as follows:
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Year 1985–86 5.4 1986–87 6.3 1987–88 6.9 1988–89 9.3 1989–90 139.5 1990–91 8.7 1991–92 3.0 1992–93 214.1 1993–94 13.3 1994–95 9.7 1 The figure for 1989–90 includes publicity costs associated with water privatisation. 2 The figures from 1992 include publicity costs associated with the carbon dioxide reduction campaign, "Helping the Earth", and the introduction of the council tax. The expenditure by my Department and its agencies and public bodies on publications—excluding Property Holdings and its agencies and PSA Services—expressed in 1994 prices, is as follows:
£ million 1985–86 1.3 1986–87 1.7 1987–88 0.8 1988–89 1.0 1989–90 1.1 1990–91 1.2 1991–92 1.5 1992–93 1.5 1993–94 1.4 1994–95 (forecast) 1.7 Notes:
It is not possible to identify readily any expenditure related to privatisation within the figures shown.