§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [7408]
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§ Mr. BoswellMAFF's planned public information campaign for the financial year 1996–97 and the projected costs are as follows:
£ Food Safety and Healthy Eating 1,377,000 Animal Health and Welfare (excluding 'BSE') 526,000 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 131,000 Countryside Stewardship 115,000 'Balance in the Countryside' 90,000 Prevention of Agricultural Pollution 139,000 Research Policy Co-ordination 35,000 CAP and other Scheme Literature 680,000 International Relations and Export Promotion 350,000 Market Task Force 30,000 Speciality Food Producers 58,000 Plant Health and Horticulture 199,000 Flood and Coastal Defence 28,000 Alternative Crops 48,000 Personal Imports 150,000 Rabies 135,000 General Environmental Information 408,000 Agricultural Events 168,000 The work is undertaken by specialist contractors from the private sector who are commissioned and project managed by the Department's information division.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [7540]
§ Mr. BoswellExpenditure on public information campaigns by the Department in each of the last five financial years, and estimates for the current and next financial years are as follows:
- 1991–92: £4,094,000
- 1992–93: £4,217,000
- 1993–94: £4,312,000
- 1994–95: £4,800,000
- 1995–96: £4,738,000
- 1996–97: £4,667,000
- 1997–981: £4,416,000
1 Estimates.