§ Mr. Higginsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the approximate number of copies of the White Paper on public expenditure which are issued for use each year, and the total number printed.
§ Sir Geoffrey HoweThe Government's Expenditure Plans for 1982–83 to 1984–85 (Cmnd. 8494) were printed in two volumes, both with a print run of 8,000. HMSO have sold 5,850 copies of volume 1 and 6,650 copies of volume 2, including some 1,200 copies of each volume for use by HM Treasury and Parliament.