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Departmental Publicity Costs

Volume 905: debated on Thursday 19 February 1976

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asked the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the total cost of publicity incurred by his Department in the years 1973, 1974 and 1975; and what is the estimate for 1976, broken down into relevant headings.

My Department was formed in January 1974 and its publicity spending for the financial year 1973–74 is included in the figures supplied by the Department of Industry.The figures for the financial years 1974–75 and 1975–76, by media, are as follows:

1974–75
£
Advertising1,421,900
Exhibitions4,600
Radio300
Publications18,258
1975–76 (forecast)
£
Advertising3,369,900
Exhibitions41,100
Films TV40,500
Radio2,800
Photographs2,500
Publications148,800
The level of publicity expenditure for 1976–77 has yet to be settled.