§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the printing costs incurred by the following Departments in each of the past five years, namely, Trade, Housing and Local Government, Labour, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Transport, Wales, Power,
Department 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 (provisional) £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Board of Trade … … … 568 608 627 744 811 Housing and Local Government … … 60 86 71 86 92 Labour … … … 130 142 188 226 232 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … … 139 251 186 157 192 Transport … … … 188 197 232 267 341 Welsh Office … … … — — — 7 9 Power … … … 31 22 23 28 30 Health … … … 58 69 81 93 106 Social Security … … … 609 749 798 753 963 Education and Science … … … 67 64 82 93 123 Treasury … … … 111 132 132 124 150 Commonwealth Relations … … … 286 346 371 — — Foreign Office … … … 452 430 452 — — Diplomatic Services Administration Office — — 38 935 977 Colonial Office … … … 108 90 51 47 — Defence … … … 1,791 1,587 1,767 1,906 2,036 Home Office … … … 84 92 128 146 164 Scottish Departments … … … 76 105 107 134 106 Public Building and Works … … … 131 159 170 268 224 Economic Affairs … … … — — — 42 27 Overseas Development … … … — — — 21 33 Technology … … … — — — 68 97