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Mr. Hanley
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions his Department sponsored advertisements in national newspapers in the last three years; which newspapers were chosen for these campaigns; which local newspapers were used in these campaigns; and which newspaper publishing groups received payment for advertising space.
Dr. Mawhinney
The information requested in respect of specific promotional campaigns is as follows:
| Number of occasions | |
| National newspapers | |
| Financial Times | 50 |
| Times | 7 |
| Daily Telegraph | 2 |
| Guardian | 2 |
| Local Newspapers | |
| Belfast Telegraph | 71 |
| Derry Journal | 50 |
| Sentinel (Londonderry) | 50 |
| News Letter | 25 |
| Coleraine Chronicle | 6 |
| Irish News | 4 |
| Sunday News | 2 |
| Newspaper Publishing Groups receiving paid advertising | |
| Pearson Group | |
| News International | |
| Daily Telegraph PLC | |
| Guardian Newspapers Ltd. | |
| Thompson Newspapers Ltd. | |
Number of occasions
| |
| Century Newspapers Ltd. | |
| Irish News Ltd. | |
| Northern Newspaper Group | |
| Ulster Associated Press Group | |
| Morton Newspaper Group |
Routine advertising such as job advertisements, contracts and statutory notices have been excluded.