§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the expenditure of his(a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies on newspaper advertising by title for each year since 1990–91; and what estimate he has made for 1995–96 based on expenditure to date and existing plans. [6560]
§ Sir George YoungFor the period in question, information is available on expenditure by the Department and its agencies on press advertising in respect of advertising of road works, road safety publicity campaigns, vehicle excise duty enforcement campaigns and on other information campaigns as follows:
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DOT £ Highways Agency £ DVLA £ 1990–91 1358,497 n/a 85,045 1991–92 1721,379 n/a 123,704 1992–93 1,435,015 n/a 137,485 1993–94 2,592,593 n/a 38,964 1994–95 2111,589 22,564,067 24,591 1Information on advertising placed locally by DOT regional road units was not collected centrally before 1992–93. 2From 1994–95 statutory advertising on road works became the responsibility of the Highways Agency. Figures exclude VAT.
Expenditure to date in the current financial year is as follows:
DOT £ Highways Agency £ DVLA £ 1995–93 503,081 1,211,871 24,142 Projections for 1995–96 are in line with overall expenditure for next year as published in the PES statement.
The further information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.