§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all White Papers, Green Papers and pamphlets issued by his Department or agencies for which it is responsible in 1994, giving in each case the total cost to the Exchequer of their production, publication and distribution; and what was the total equivalent cost in 1980.
§ Mr. BaldryThe major publications produced in 1994 by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including the Overseas Development Administration, will be listed in the departmental report, Cm 2802, 1995, to be published on 8 March. In addition, a range of promotional booklets are published for distribution overseas.
In respect of those White Papers, Green Papers and other publications published for the FCO by HMSO, all costs—apart from pre-production costs of £13,034 for the 1994 departmental report—are borne by HMSO which aims to recover these from sales revenue. The cost of publications promoting Britain abroad and of consular material for the 1994–95 financial year is £2,240,000 compared with £2,583,500 for 1984–85, the earliest year for which figures are available.