§ 62. Colonel WOODCOCKasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the cost of publishing and issuing the monthly list of Government publications; how many are printed each month; and how are they distributed?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe cost of publishing and issuing the monthly list of Government publications is about £900 a year. An average of 4,125 copies per month is 395 printed. With my hon. and gallant Friend's permission, I will circulate particulars of the distribution in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following are the particulars referred to:
§ The distribution is as follows:
| No of copies. | |
| Members of Parliament | 615 |
| Government Departments | 437 |
| Colonial Governments and their London representatives | 256 |
| Municipal and local government authorities | 128 |
| Public libraries | 155 |
| Foreign Governments and foreign universities | 38 |
| Retail customers of Stationery Office sales offices at home and abroad | 1,859 |
| Booksellers at home and abroad | 472 |
| Total | 3,960 |
§ In addition to the regular monthly distribution set out above, 200 copies of the June and December lists (which are cumulative) are sent to British Consuls abroad.