HC Deb 07 February 1996 vol 271 cc225-6W
Mr. Salmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all public information films relating to the effects of cold weather on plumbing; and if he will list the names of the films, who produced them and when they were shown. [12706]

Mr. Kynoch

[holding answer 30 January 1996]: Two short public information films entitled "Pipe Bursts" and "Frost Warning" were made by the Central Office of Information in 1969. Both were withdrawn from circulation in the early 1980s. A television commercial was produced by the Scottish Office in 1984 and broadcast that year. No other details are now available.

Mr. Salmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the levels of public expenditure for public information materials on the effects of cold weather on plumbing(a) in each five-year period since 1966 and (b) for each year in the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the nature of the materials on which the moneys were spent. [12708]

Mr. Kynoch

[holding answer 30 January 1996]: There has been no Scottish Office expenditure on public information material in the past five years. The last expenditure on this subject was in 1984 when a television commercial was produced by the Scottish Office. No records exist for previous years. Details of local authority expenditure in this area are not held centrally.

Mr. Salmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when a public information film on the effects of cold weather was last shown in Scotland; what was the name of this film; and who produced it. [12707]

Mr. Kynoch

[holding answer 30 January 1996]: A television commercial was produced by the Scottish Office in 1984 but no records of it now exist. The Scottish Office is currently in discussion with the Central Office of Information regarding production of a new public information film on the effects of cold weather on domestic plumbing.