§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate his Department's expenditure on (i) publicity, (ii) advertising and (iii) press operations in(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99, (c) 1999–2000, (d) 2000–01 and (e) 2001–02; and if he will make a statement. [69251]
§ Mr. Dewar[holding answer 4 February 1999]: Details of expenditure on publicity, advertising and press operations are:
£ 1997–98 1998–99 Publicity 1,376,000 1,031,000 Advertising 2,164,000 2,231,000 Press operations 1,824,000 1,545,000 Figures for 1998–99 are for expenditure to date. Figures for subsequent years are not available.
§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department, its agencies and associated public bodies on publicity and advertising for each year since 1985–86. [69242]
§ Mr. Dewar[holding answer 4 February 1999]:The details are:
£ The Scottish Office Agencies NDPBs 1985–86 677,000 — — 1986–87 857,000 — 2,769,000 1987–88 1,094,000 — 2,318,000 1988–89 1,131,000 — 2,844,000 1989–90 2,251,000 — 4,318,000 1990–91 1,468,068 — 5,162,000 1991–92 2,323,653 — 6,474,000 1992–93 2,607,635 — 9,417,000 1993–94 2,361,085 508,000 9,173,000 1994–95 2,248,883 869,000 12,085,000 1995–96 2,241,189 1,008,000 13,910,000 1996–97 3,573,042 1,026,000 15,058,000 1997–98 2,740,072 799,056 15,000,000 1998–99 12,528,251 1734,385 — 1 To date Expenditure by agencies prior to 1993–94 is not held centrally. Expenditure for NDPBs for the current financial year is not presently available. The figure for 1997–98 is the forecast outturn.
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