"The Social Chapter: British and Continental Approaches"

HC Deb 05 November 1996 vol 284 c447W

Mrs. Roche

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many copies of his Department's publication, "The social chapter: British and Continental Approaches", have been printed; what was the cost(a) per copy and (b) in total; and how many requests his Department has received for copies. [1232]

Mr. John M. Taylor

[holding answer 4 November 1996]A total of 40,000 copies of the booklet have been printed. The printing cost per copy was approximately 32p, and the total printing cost £12,840. The total costs including design, storage and distribution is approximately £17,000. The text was prepared internally and it is not possible to quantify the staff costs involved. In addition to the original distribution of approximately 18,500 booklets, my Department has to date—30 October—received a further 244 requests for more than 6,000 booklets.

A smaller number of copies are being prepared in French, German, Italian and Spanish for distribution in other EU member states. The estimated cost of these booklets is £6,500.