HC Deb 10 December 1996 vol 287 c91W
Mr. Donohoe

To 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 Beresford

My 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. Donohoe

To 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 Beresford

The 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

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