Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 1 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 March 2001. It was answered by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Thursday, 1 March 2001 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total expenditure and the breakdown of expenditure was in his Department for the financial years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000, and what the planned expenditure and breakdown of expenditure for 2000-01 is on (i) public opinion research, (ii) television, radio and newspaper advertising and (iii) direct mail. - Inc figures and ref to CM 4621.

Answer: Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total expenditure and the breakdown of expenditure was in his Department for the financial years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000, and what the planned expenditure and breakdown of expenditure for 2000-01 is on (i) public opinion research, (ii) television, radio and newspaper advertising and (iii) direct mail. [149267] Dr. Reid: The total expenditure and the breakdown of expenditure for the Department for the financial years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000 can be obtained from the Northern Ireland Office 2000 Departmental Report (CM 4621). The planned expenditure for 2000-01 is as follows: (i) £340,000 (ii) £1,378,000 (iii) £169,000{1} {1} Figure relates to the total budget for postage. A provision for direct mail is covered within this figure.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 149267; 363 c762-3W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Direct marketing Expenditure Government departments Publicity Media Surveys Northern Ireland Office
Contains statistics: Yes
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