§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the total expenditure of his Department, its agencies and 927W non-departmental public bodies on publicity for each of the years (a) 1979–80, (b) 1989–90, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1993–94, (e) 1994–95 and (f) 1995–96 (i) to date and (ii) as estimated for the whole year; what estimate he has made of such expenditure for 1996–97; and if he will break these figures down to indicate expenditure on (1) advertising and (2) press and public relations. [11336]
§ Mr. Horam[holding answer 25 January 1996]: Annual publicity spend information for the financial years 1989–90 to 1996–97 is shown in the table. Functions that are commonly associated with press and public relations for the Department of Health are included in the functions carried out by the Department's information division. Information for the year 1979–80 is not available.
£ million Financial year 1Total publicity expenditure 2Information division manpower and running costs 1979–80 — — 1989–90 Department of Health 17.20 (9.00) 0.90 Agencies — — NDPBs 0.78 0.01 1991–92 Department of Health 24.50 (8.70) 1.50 Agencies — — NDPBs 0.78 0.01 1993–94 Department of Health 19.20 (6.10) 1.90 Agencies — — NDPBs 0.16 0.02 1994–95 Department of Health 18.20 (4.30) 2.00 Agencies 0.20 — NDPBs 0.19 0.02 1995–961 Department of Health 8.07 (0.99) 2.02 Agencies 0.15 — NDPBs 0.18 0.02 1995–962 Department of Health 18.04 (1.98) 3— Agencies — — NDPBs 0.24 0.03 1996–973 Department of Health — — Agencies — — NDPBs — — 0= Advertising cost. 1Expenditure to date. 2Estimate for 1995–96 expenditure. 3Manpower and running costs estimates for 1995–96 full year and for 1996–97 budget are not yet available.