Departmental Expenditure (Hansard, 30 January 1996)

§ Mr. Malcolm Bruce
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of departmental expenditure on administration for(a) 1979–80, (b) 1989–90, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1993–94, (e) 1994–95, (f) 1995–96 and (g) 1996–97. [11449]

§ Mrs. Angela Knight
Departmental expenditure on administration is included in the running costs published in the departmental report of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's departments.

§ Mr. Bruce
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of his Department's expenditure on newspapers and magazines in(a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95 and (c) 1995–96, to date; and if he will list the publications purchased for the latest year for which information is available. [11452]

§ Mrs. Knight
Departmental expenditure on newspapers and magazines is included in the running costs published in the departmental report of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's departments.

§ Mr. Bruce
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the annual telephone costs to(a) his Department, (b) his Department's agencies and (c) his Department's non-departmental public bodies staff for each of the years (i) 1979–80, (ii) 1989–90, (iii) 1991–92, (iv) 1993–94, (v) 1994–95, (vi) 1995–96 and (vii) 1996–97; and if internal telephone directories are available to staff in all areas of (a) to (c). [11370]

§ Mrs. Knight
[holding answer 25 January 1996]: Expenditure on telephone costs by Her Majesty's Treasury, and agencies and non-departmental public bodies associated with HM Treasury, are included in the running costs published for the Department and each agency.

§ Mr. Bruce
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 612W indicate expenditure on (1) advertising and (2) press and public relations. [11368]

§ Mrs. Knight
[holding answer 25 January 1996]: Expenditure on publicity for HM Treasury, and the agencies responsible to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is included in the running costs published for the Department and each agency.