Lieut.-Colonel A. MURRAYasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Government has purchased the printing works of David Allen and Company at Harrow; if so, what was the purchase price; and are the works still being used for purposes of Government printing?
Lieut.-Commander YOUNGThe printing works of Messrs. David Allen and Company at Harrow were purchased by the Government in March, 1918, in the circumstances set out in Appendix I. to the Report of the Select Committee on Publications for 1918 (H. C. 131). The total price paid for the works was £315,000. A Government printing works has been established at Harrow in these premises as a three years' experiment.