HC Deb 16 October 1996 vol 282 c1057W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what contribution his Department made to the United Kingdom submission on transparency to the intergovernmental conference in July; and if he will make a statement on the impact of the IGC discussions of transparency on his Department's policy. [40439]

Mr. Clappison

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 14 October 1996, column 827.

Expenditure on publicity and promotions
£000's
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
DOE (central) 7,500 2,700 14,697 12,108 8,878 7,383
Planning Inspectorate n/a 0 0 0 0 0
Building research establishment 230 385 286 324 244 287
QEII conference centre1 113 146 238 209 167 130
PSA services 1,760 1,800 1,300 820 nil 130
Total 9,603 5,031 16,521 13,461 9,289 7,800
1 Figures for publicity for the QEII Conference Centre for 1990–91 to 1993–94 include hospitality.

Expenditure on hospitality
£000s
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
DOE(Central) 62 56 92 68 76 73
Planning Inspectorate n/a 0 1 1 2 1
Building Research Establishment 8 17 26 12 10 11
QEII Conference Centre1 15 12
PSA Services 44 98 133 50 2 0
Total 114 171 252 131 105 97
1 Figures for publicity for the QEII Conference Centre for 1990–91 to 1993–94 include hospitality.

The figures for central publicity and promotional expenditure include value added tax, advertising agency fees where relevant and all other levies as paid.