asked the Paymaster General what is the budget for advertising of the Department of Employment and the Manpower Services Commission for the last and the current financial years; and if he will make a statement.

The budget for television, radio and press advertising of employment and training schemes and programmes, for the Department of Employment and the Manpower Services Commission, for the last and the current financial years is broadly as follows :

	1985–86 £	1986–871 £
Department of Employment
Television	—	9,310,478
Press and Radio	1,255,373	2,944,810
Uncommitted	—	1,900,00
Manpower Services Commission
Television	9,676,257	15,700,000
Press and Radio	2,178,823	5,350,000
Uncommitted	—	3,539,000
1 Planned, committed and anticipated.

The Department of Employment expenditure on advertising represents about 0·5 per cent. of the total expenditure of £3,000 million by the Department of Employment and the Manpower Services Commission on the employment, enterprise and training programmes. The MSC expenditure on advertising represents about 1 per cent. of the expenditure of around £2,500 million on programmes operated both directly by the MSC and on behalf of the Department of Employment.