§ 18. Mr. Shepherdasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his regulations still provide that organisations receiving Treasury grants must pay Her Majesty's Stationery Office 12½ per cent. on all printing, even when this is placed direct with outside firms.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe Stationery Office are required to recover from grant-aided bodies the full cost of services provided: the addition of 12½ per cent. to prime cost is calculated to recover Departmental expenses. No payment is due to the Stationery Office for printing executed under arrangements not made by that Department.
§ Mr. ShepherdWill my right hon. Friend see that this information is imparted to grant-aided bodies, since several directives issued in the past have given the impression that orders placed with outside firms are still subject to 12½ per cent. service fees?
§ Mr. ButlerI am doing my best to follow this up.