§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what promotional and public information campaigns his Department is(a) currently running and (b) planning to run during the next six months; and for each campaign (i) how much it will cost, (1) in total and (2) to his Department, (ii) what agencies or bodies are undertaking the work and (iii) what is its planned duration. [7412]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordMy Department produces a range of public information programmes related to its policy responsibilities. Advertising is placed through the Central Office of Information and other publicity work is competitively tendered using a variety of suppliers. Estimated publicity expenditure for the current financial year by subject area is as follows:
£000 Environmental and Energy Efficiency 2,509 Sustainable Development 2,200 Urban Regeneration and Private Finance 308 Competitiveness and the Environment 272 Housing 250 Planning 200 Water 77 Construction sponsorship 53 Property and Building 32 Total 5,901
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much his Department has spent on promotional or public information campaigns in each of the last five years; and how much he estimates will be spent on these campaigns during the (i) current and (ii) next financial years. [7535]
Current planned expenditure for 1996–97 is £5.9 million. Plans for 1997–98 have yet to be finalised.
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe figures for expenditure on public information campaigns in each of the last five years are detailed in the table:
£000 1991–92 2,700 1992–93 14,697 1993–94 12,108 1994–95 8,878 1995–96 7,383