§ 62. Mr. Milneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the Government Departments involved in the Inter departmental Cost Benefit Study of Forestry in Great Britain; what were the costs in relation to this document; and what action will be taken on its findings.
§ Mr. HigginsThe Departments principally involved in the study were the Treasury, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Scottish Office, the Welsh Office, the Board of Inland Revenue and the Forestry Commission. The cost of printing and publishing the study was £1,323; the sale price has been set with the intention of recovering this 71W cost. The staff time involved was only a part, and generally a small part, of the working time of the officials concerned. The study was a contribution to the Government's review of forestry policy, the conclusions of which were published last month.