HC Deb 31 March 1995 vol 257 cc881-2W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list, for 1992–93 and 1993–94, separate figures for the spending by his Department on(a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising, (d) other promotional materials and activities, (e) the totals in each year of (a) to (d) and (f) the proportion of (e) that was spent on recruitment advertising; and what are his latest estimates for the years 1994–95 and 1995–96. [17621]

Mr. Heseltine

Expenditure from my Department's centrally managed publicity budgets has been as follows:

1992–93 1993–94 £000 1994–951
(a) TV Advertising 0 0 0
(b) Radio Advertising 1 2 2
(c) Press Advertising 1,138 782 554
(d) Other Promotional Materials and Activities 8,784 7,684 7,337
(e) Total 9,923 8,468 7,893
(f) Proportion of (e) that was Spent on Recruitment Advertising Percentage 0 0 0
1 Estimated forecast outturn.

The budgets for 1995–96 have yet to be finalised.

Recruitment advertising is not funded from the Department's centrally managed publicity budgets.