§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list(a) his Department's budgeted expenditure on (i) advertising, (ii) publicity and (iii) public information campaigns for the period January to March 1997 and (b) the actual expenditure on (1) advertising, (2) publicity and (3) public information campaigns in the period January to March in each of the past five years. [13469]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Expenditure from 1991–1997 Publicity excluding advertising £ Advertising £ 1991–1992 2,729,753.00 4,834,813.00 1992–1993 15,058,691.00 4,452,277.00 1993–1994 12,368,615.00 5,964,988.00 1994–1995 16,457.606.00 3,597,308.00 1995–1996 13,702,205.00 6,383,467.00 1996–19971 11,262,567.00 3,937,476.00 January-March, 19971 5,513,229.00 1,387,580.00 Notes:
Figures are estimated.
1. The table shows the overall expenditure by this Department and its agencies on publicity and advertising since 1991–92.
2. We do not make any distinction between publicity and advertising and public information campaigns.