§ Mr. Longdenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a list detailing the annual sums now spent on 26W information services and stating what proportion of each involves foreign exchange expenditure.
§ Mr. DiamondDetails of the sums approved in the 1966–67 Estimates are published on pages 29 and 30 of the Financial Secretary's Memorandum (Cmnd. 2955). The totals are for Home Information Services £90.73 million and for Overseas Information Services £28.380 million.
The proportions of these sums which involve overseas expenditure, including expenditure incurred within the overseas sterling area as well as in foreign currency, are, for the Home Information Services, no more than 3 per cent., and for the Overseas Information Services, about 23 per cent.