To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total publicity and advertising expenditure of his Department and public bodies for which his Department has responsibility in (a) 1979 and (b) 1989.

The figures for publicity and advertising expenditure by this Department for the financial years 1979–80 and 1989–90 are provided below. The 1989–90 figure is provisional. Figures for non-departmental public bodies cannot be provided without disproportionate cost.