§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the total sum of public money that has been spent to date on the promotion of the use of metric measurements.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimThe total cost of the Metrication Board to date is £8.3 million. Statistics relating to the cost of central and local government time involved in the promotion of the use of metric measurements is not separately identifiable.
§ Mr. Moateasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many letters his Department has received since the announcement of the ending of further compulsory metrication; how many were in favour of the decision; and how many were against.
§ Mrs. Sally Oppenheim[pursuant to her reply, 8 November 1979, c. 254]: I have received a number of letters recently, many of which were solely on the subject of metrication and many others which included a reference to metrication in a more general letter. In so far as it was possible to determine a single view, a good majority of the people who wrote to me favoured my announcement.