HC Deb 15 February 1999 vol 325 cc565-6W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 17 December 1998,Official Report, column 690, if he will list the expenditure not included in his answer incurred by (a) his agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (b) the Central Office of Information for relevant work carried out for his Department. [71034]

Mr. Michael

(a) NDPB's expenditure cannot be broken down into categories requested. The total expenditure up to January 1999 is £10,382,005. Expenditure by CADW is not readily available. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.

(b) Expenditure incurred through the Central Office of Information on public opinion research, advertising and direct mail is included in the figures given for the previous answer.

The total spent through COI during the period May 1997–November 1998 was £1,448,809. This includes the expenditure on the above, plus other forms of publicity work undertaken by my Department during the period.

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 17 December 1998,Official Report, column 690, if he will list the expenditure not included in his answer incurred (a) by task forces and review bodies, (b) by focus groups, (c) on market research and (d) for publications and publicity; and if he will list the bodies which incurred the expenditure. [71035]

Mr. Michael

No additional expenditure had been incurred by(a) task forces and review bodies, (b) focus groups, or (c) on market research.

(d) In addition to the expenditure on public opinion research, TV, radio, press advertising and direct mail given in my previous answer, my Department has spent £2,713,930 on publications and other forms of publicity in the period May 1997–November 1998.

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the expenditure incurred by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on(a) the setting up and (b) the operation of web sites, indicating the cases in which the expenditure has been above that budgeted; and if he will list for each web site (i) the topics covered, (ii) the current average number of hits per month and (iii) the estimated expenditure on each web site for each of the next three years. [70962]

Mr. Michael

I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.