§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many copies of the third year report on the environmental White Paper "This Common Inheritance" (Cm 2549) have been published; at what cost; to whom copies have been distributed; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AtkinsHMSO published 6,000 copies. The Department of the Environment purchased 2,000 of those and the remainder are on sale from HMSO. So far, the Department has distributed about 1,700 copies to Parliament, overseas Governments, central Government Departments and agencies, local authority associations, businesses and a wide range of special interest groups and academic institutions. At present, the estimated total cost to Government including both direct payment to the Department's designers and purchase from HMSO is about £52,000. In addition, we produced a summary not for publication but for free distribution.