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Departmental Television Advertising

Volume 132: debated on Tuesday 3 May 1988

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To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the total cost to public funds of (a) the current television advertising campaign for the single European market and (b) the current television advertising campaign for the enterprise initiative scheme.

The estimated cost of the current DTI television advertising campaigns are as follows:

£
Single European Market3·8 million
Enterprise Initiative5·6 million

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the total annual expenditure by his Department on television advertising campaigns, approved for broadcast by the IBA for each year since 1979 to the current financial year.

The annual expenditure on TV advertising by the Department of Trade and Industry and its predecessor Departments since 1979–80 is as follows:

£
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83729,934
1983–84192,486
1984–8531,635
1985–86
1986–87
1987–885,570,016
Budget allocations for television advertising during 1988–89 are still under discussion.