§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo 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. HanleyTotal 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 319W 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