§ Mr. Georgeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of copies of each of the departmental Select Committee reports (a) sold to the public, (b) distributed free to the Departments, and (c) distributed free to Members of Parliament via the Vote Office in the current Parliament to date.
§ Mr. HayhoeSelect Committee reports are no longer supplied to Government Departments free of charge, so that there is only one overall figure for copies sold to the public and Departments. The following table as far as possible provides the information requested.
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Select Committee Number of reports published Average number of each report sold *Average number of each report supplied to Vote Office Agriculture 3 276 125 Defence 2 337 200 Education Science and Arts 3 434 125 Employment 3 367 125 Energy 15 332 133 Foreign Affairs 5 524 125 Home Affairs 2 357 125 Trade and Industry 2 608 125 Social Services 7 673 125 Transport 2 440 125 Treasury and Civil Service 11 439 145 Scottish Affairs 5 434 125 Welsh Affairs 4 282 125 Environment 8 434 125 Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration 4 402 125 * The figures are of copies provided to the Vote Office when the reports were published. Details are not available of any top-up orders placed by the Vote Office, which are therefore included in the overall sales figure.