HC Deb 10 March 1972 vol 832 cc411-2W
Mr. Winterton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated cost, for the year 1970–71, of the printed papers and publications of all kinds made available by the Stationery Office for both Houses of Parliament.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

Because records of the costs of H.M.S.O. publications relate in general to the Departments on whose behalf such publications are commissioned and not to the Departments and other Government establishments to which they are supplied, it is not possible to give the information for which my hon. Friend is asking at short notice. I am arranging for an estimate to be made and I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as this is available.