§ 56. Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the cost of public funds of the provision and distribution of Map Review No. 72; and what public purpose is served by its distribution.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallSix thousand four hundred and eighty copies of Map Review No. 72 were purchased by the Stationery Office on behalf of Government Departments at a cost of £218. Details of the cost of distributing the Review within Departments are not available. Map Review is mainly used by the Service Departments as background material for classes and discussion groups in citizenship and current affairs.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterCan the right hon. Gentleman say how those admirable functions are served by the distribution of a document which consists solely of a 559 map of the United Kingdom, painted bright red and covered with a lot of clocks, each showing a different time?
§ Mr. Glenvil HallThis Review is not published by the Government at all. It is published by the Bureau of Current Affairs, which is a non-Government body. I think it is self-evident that these copies would not be bought and used if the Departments who buy them did not find them useful.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterCan the right hon. Gentleman say how they find them useful?