Stationery and Printing (Cost)

HC Deb 26 March 1959 vol 602 c166W

73. Mr. Russell

asked the President of the Board of Trade by how much the cost of stationery and printing has increased since 1949.

Mr. J. Rodgers

The increase between 1949 and 1958 in the price index of manufactured stationery was 40 per cent. Printing costs are estimated to have increased by nearly 50 per cent. in the same period.