§ Mr. Errollasked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the approximate cost in money and labour of producing stock letter No. Gen/14 by a hand-duplicating process; and what would be the cost of machine printing by modern methods.
§ Mr. GaitskellThe cost of producing six months' supply of this stock letter (about 14,000 copies) is £5 8s. 6d. by printing and £3 3s. by duplication. Of this total cost £3 8s. 6d. and 11s. 6d., respectively, represent the labour costs. Stock letters have been liable to revision owing to changes in the rationing procedure and it would have been unwise 159W to print a sufficient number to last for a long time ahead. They are, however, printed whenever it is considered economical to do so.