To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the cost of advertising by trusts and health authorities in each region in each year since 1990. [4186]
The available information is shown in the table. Advertising is not defined in the national health service manual accounts and may be undertaken, for example, both for staff recruitment and for health promotion purposes.
Expenditure on advertising by health authorities and national health service trusts
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Expenditure (£)
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Region
| 1993–94
| 1992–93
| 1991–92
| 1990–91
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| Northern | 1,536,557 | 1,308,722 | 1,399,551 | 1,323,781 |
| Yorkshire | 1,686,291 | 1,854,389 | 1,546,213 | 1,859,669 |
| Trent | 2,704,686 | 2,293,997 | 2,085,979 | 2,216,819 |
| East Anglian | 1,172,152 | 1,036,682 | 907,766 | 1,025,380 |
| North West Thames | 2,498,796 | 2,194,458 | 2,207,702 | 2,486,098 |
| North East Thames | 2,455,868 | 2,490,538 | 2,621,400 | 3,221,808 |
| South East Thames | 2,337,759 | 2,420,354 | 2,031,840 | 2,274,056 |
| South West Thames | 1,833,519 | 1,653,714 | 1,867,469 | 2,328,691 |
| Wessex | 1,270,588 | 1,201,590 | 1,070,856 | 1,334,230 |
| Oxford | 1,666,551 | 1,611,181 | 1,363,725 | 1,811,388 |
| South Western | 1,674,348 | 1,416,404 | 1,509,019 | 1,495,296 |
| West Midlands | 2,110,235 | 2,273,185 | 2,271,774 | 2,788,696 |
| Mersey | 1,016,055 | 974,966 | 868,299 | 881,187 |
| North Western | 1,469,480 | 1,306,521 | 1,504,003 | 1,761,767 |
| Special Health Authorities | 633,838 | 633,378 | 735,386 | 784,834 |
Expenditure on advertising by health authorities and National Health Services trusts
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Region
| Expenditure 1994–951£
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| Northern and Yorkshire | 3,597,713 |
| Trent | 3,327,513 |
| Anglia and Oxford | 4,263,608 |
| North Thames | 8,214,511 |
| South Thames | 6,398,960 |
| South and West | 4,080,457 |
| West Midlands | 3,355,466 |
| North Western | 3,310,769 |
| Special Health Authorities | 135,606 |
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