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Mr. Trotter
asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how much has been spent by the Metrication Board on its recent advertisements announcing the introduction of metric measures for carpets and materials.
Mr. Alan Williams
The allocation of advertising expenditure within its budget is a matter for the Metrication Board. However, the board tells me that the estimated cost of the recent advertisements in the national daily and Sunday newspapers, the trade Press and women's
| Year | ||||||||
| 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | ||
| Approved Schools | … | 9,470 | 9,366 | 9,317 | 9,328 | 9,210 | — | — |
| Remand homes | … | 602 | 1,598 | 1,649 | 1,667 | 1,697 | — | — |
| Local authority childrens's homes. | 25,100 | 25,500 | 26,200 | 26,500 | Not known | — | — | |
| Community homes | … | — | — | — | — | — | 36,900 | 38,000 |
| Secure accommodation | 116 | 121 | 137 | 150 | 153 | 173 | 179 | |