HC Deb 10 February 1958 vol 582 cc13-4W
Mr. Goodhart

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many blankets have been sold by his Department during the past two years, to the latest convenient date; and how much money was obtained.

Mr. R. A. Butler

During the calendar years 1956 and 1957 the Prison Commissioners sold 200 prison-made blankets for £266; and 318 blankets were sold from the civil defence stockpile for £228 11 s. 6d.

Mr. Goodhart

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many blankets have been bought by his Department during the past two years, to the latest convenient date; and how much has been paid for them.

Mr. R. A. Butler

During the calendar years 1956 and 1957, 78 blankets were purchase by district police training centres at a cost of £135 8s. A further 137 blankets, costing £358, were bought for hotels in the Carlisle and District State Management Scheme.