Written question asked by Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 February 1997. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Monday, 24 February 1997 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: 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. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Matthew Taylor: To 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. Burt: The 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 1996-1997{1} 11,262,567.00 3,937,476.00 January-March,1997{1} 5,513,229.00 1,387,580.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: {1} 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.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 13469; 291 c81W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Department of Social Security Government departments Publicity Public relations
Contains statistics: Yes