Government Departments (Expenditure)

HC Deb 30 October 1956 vol 558 cc136-7W

Captain Kerby

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost in 1955 of now filing equipment needed to house the growing records of the Civil Service ; and what is the estimated cost for 1956.

Mr. H. Macmillan

The estimated total expenditure is as follows :

—	1955–56	1956–57
	£	£
H.M. Stationery Office	138,000	140,000
Ministry of Works	480,000	420,000

These figures include the cost of replacement of worn out and obsolete equipment.