§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many copies of his Department's United Kingdom Defence Statistics 1993 have been printed; at what cost; and to whom it has been distributed.
§ Mr. HanleyA total of 9,300 copies of United Kingdom Defence Statistics 1993 were printed. The costs of printing and publication were borne by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, which aims to recover its costs from sales revenue.
In addition to commercial sales, copies were distributed widely within the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces, to British embassies and high commissions, other Government Departments, the Libraries of both Houses, the House of Commons Vote Office, members of the press and academics.