§ 68. Mr. MARCUSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the average annual expenditure on securing the sale of Parliamentary and official publications by His Majesty's Stationery Office; and what sum is received from the sale of such publications?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Pethick-Lawrence)The expenditure in connection with sales offices of His Majesty's Stationery Office during the year ending the 31st March, 1930, as shown on page 116 of House of Commons Paper No. 32 of 1931, was £24,872 3s. 7d. In addition approximately £3,420 a year is spent on publicity activities including Press advertising, circularisation of potential purchasers of Government publications and the cost of staff. The average total sum received by the Stationery Office from the sale of Government publications during the three years ending 31st March, 1930, was £223,112 a year.