HC Deb 25 January 1996 vol 270 cc318-9W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the total expenditure of his Department, its agencies and 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. [11380]

Mr. Hanley

Total expenditure on publicity—that is, promotional material and recruitment advertising—in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office—diplomatic wing and Overseas Development Administration—since 1979 at 1995–96 prices was:

£
1979–80 809,559
1980–81 569,578
1981–82 734,682
1982–83 675,220
1983–84 809,117
1984–85 645,986
1985–86 688,390
1986–87 873,338
1987–88 802,582
1988–89 1,348,555
1989–90 1,883,124
1990–91 2,180,180
1991–92 2,003,485
1992–93 2,193,224
1993–94 2,229,921
1994–95 2,384,083
1995–96 2,707,000 (Estimate)

An estimate for 1996–97 is not yet available.

It is not possible to break these figures down between (1) advertising and (2) However, the expenditure comprise: press and public relations. outturn figures for 1994–95 comprise:

At 1995–96 prices
£ £
Newspaper advertising for recruitment purposes: (DW) 80,575 82,791
(ODA) 727,000 746,993
Videos and brochures giving consular advice: 162,700 167,174
ODA publicity and promotional material: 1,350,000 1,387,125
2,320,275 2,384,083

The foregoing do not include figures for the executive agencies. Publicity expenditure—at outturn prices—for the National Resource Institute and the Wilton Park Executive agency are as follows:

thousand
NRI WP
1990–91 137
1991–92 132 20
1992–93 77 27
1993–94 47 22
1994–95 56 20
1995–96 56 15

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