HC Deb 15 May 1970 vol 801 cc384-5W
Mr. Stratton Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list, in relation to the British Council, the membership of each British Council Library, the number of hooks borrowed from each library during the last most convenient 12-month period, the annual cost of each library, expressing the cost of new books separately, and for each library, the annual cost in relation to the annual membership of each British Council Library.

Mr. Luard:

The most recent published figures for membership of British Council libraries and numbers of books issued on loan are given in Appendix XIV of the British Council Annual Report for 1968–69 a copy of which is available in the Library in the House. Corresponding figures for the period 1969–70 are still being collected by the British Council. The rest of the information requested will require some time to assemble and I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.