§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the usual pre-Budget White Papers will be published.
§ Mr. MaudlingIn place of the Economic Survey, which will be discontinued, an Economic Report giving an analysis of economic developments in200W 1962 will be published as a Supplement to Economic Trends on 28th March. The National Income White Paper, which will also be published on 28th March, will be enlarged to include tables giving the main balance of payments figures. The half-yearly White Papers on balance of payments statistics are being discontinued. Detailed balance of payments figures will in future be published quarterly instead of half-yearly as hitherto, and this will be done in Economic Trends, starting with the March issue. There will also be an annual publication during the summer bringing together all the figures relating to the balance of payments for a run of years in similar fashion to the National Income Blue Book. The White Paper on Government Expenditure below the line will be published on 28th March.