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Ambulance Dispute

Mr. Pendry : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost per ambulance worker of his Department's advertising campaign informing them of their pay offer.

Mr. Freeman [holding answer 8 January 1990] : The cost of the Department's advertising campaign in the national daily press on 27 and 28 November 1989 was £241,441.

It is not sensible to estimate the cost per ambulance man or woman, particularly as the advertisements would have been seen by many other people.

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