§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the total expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising by(a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for (i) 1993–94, (ii) 1994–95, (iii) 1995–96, (iv) 1996–97, (v) the 1997–98 year to date, (vi) the 1997–98 full year estimate and (vii) the 1998–99 planned expenditure. [15273]
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§ Mr. Ron DaviesThe total expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising by(a) my Department, (b) its agency CADW and (c) non-departmental public bodies for the years requested are set out in the following table.
Annual expenditure (a) Welsh Office Total expenditure £000 1993–94 1,358 1994–95 1,725 1995–96 1,929 1996–97 1,795 197–98 to date (end October) 891 1997–98 full year estimate 12.4 million 1998–99 Publicity plans for the 1998–99 financial year have not been finalised. 1Includes expenditure on Referendum publicity.
(b)CADW Total expenditure £000 1993–94 301 1994–95 305 1995–96 305 1996–97 316 1997–98 to date (end October) 202 1997–98 full year estimate 321 1998–99 1321 1Estimate.
(c) NDPB's Total expenditure £000 1993–94 1n/a 1994–95 17,197 1995–96 17,800 1996–97 18,255 1997–98 to date (end October) 7,311 1997–98 full year estimate 17,832 1998–99 Budgets for 1998–99 have not yet been set 1Comparable figures for this year are not available.