Advertisements

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: --------------------------
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|Financial Times         |
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|Times                   |
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|Daily Telegraph         |
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|Guardian                |
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|Belfast Telegraph       |
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|Derry Journal           |
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|Sentinel (Londonderry)  |
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|News Letter             |
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|Coleraine Chronicle     |
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|Irish News              |
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|Sunday News             |
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|Pearson Group           ||
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|News International      ||
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|Daily Telegraph PLC     ||
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|Guardian Newspapers Ltd.||
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|Thompson Newspapers Ltd.||
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|Century Newspapers Ltd.      ||
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|Irish News Ltd.              ||
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|Northern Newspaper Group     ||
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|Ulster Associated Press Group||
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|Morton Newspaper Group       ||
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Routine advertising such as job advertisements, contracts and statutory notices have been excluded.