House of Commons (Printing Costs)

HC Deb 03 March 1967 vol 742 cc163-4W

Sir Knox Cunningham

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost incurred by public funds during each of the past five years of printing the daily Order Paper with Votes and Proceedings attached and the total cost of printing for the House of Commons, respectively.

Mr. MacDermot

The costs were:

			Printing Order paper with Votes and Proceedings	Total Printing for House of Commons
			£	£
1961–62	…	…	63,400	402,100
1962–63	…	…	71,600	445,100
1963–64	…	…	71,400	443,300
1964–65	…	…	86,400	469,700
1965–66	…	…	112,600	630,400

These figures show the costs of printing and paper only and do not include anything for the departmental expenses of the Stationery Office in arranging printing and publication, or for receipts from sale copies.