asked the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions his Department has advertised publicly notices similar to those under the heading "Furnished Tenants Faced with Eviction, Don't Move" and "Furnished Tenants, Your Home is Now Protected", published in the Portsmouth Evening News on Monday 18th November 1974; and what the total cost to public funds of these advertisements has been to date throughout the United Kingdom.

Display classified advertisements of the type referred to appeared on 46 occasions in 75 daily provincial newspapers and on eight occasions in 50 weekly provincial newspapers throughout the United Kingdom. The total cost to public funds of these advertisements was £20,200.