HC Deb 15 January 2001 vol 361 c10W
Mr. Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was spent in total on advertising(a) electricity privatisation, (b) gas privatisation, (c) telecoms privatisation, (d) rail privatisation and (e) the minimum wage since its introduction. [144451]

Mr. Byers

[holding answer 8 January 2001]: The expenditure on advertising was:

£ million1
(a) Electricity2 47.9
(b) Gas 21.4
(c) Telecommunications3 38.5
(d) Railtrack 5.1
(e) National Minimum Wage 8.0
1 Excluding VAT
2 Includes the electricity generating companies; regional electricity companies; Scottish and Northern Ireland generating companies; British Energy.
3 Includes British Telecommunications (3 offers); Cable and Wireless.

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