§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the documents produced by the Scottish Information Office in the 12 months March 1976 to March 1977 and the quantities of each printed, by title.
§ Mr. Millan, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 7th April 1977 Vol. 929, c. 650], gave the following information:
The leaflets, posters and booklets published by Scottish Information Office on behalf of my departments during the year 1st April 1976 to 31st March 1977, and quantities printed were:
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Benefits of North Sea Oil (Booklet) 5,000 Thank God They're Here (Poster) 20,000 Regulated Tenancies (Booklet) 50,000 Tulliallan Jubilee (Booklet) 1,000 Rooms to Let (Leaflet) 25,000 Landlords and the law (Leaflet) 25,000 Protection under the rent act (Leaflet) 25,000 Letting your own home (Leaflet) 25,000 Notice to Quit (Leaflet) 50,000 When you leave it lock it (Poster) 15,000 Expanding in Scotland (Leaflet) 12,000 For Your Information—Scottish Agriculture (Leaflet) 22,000 Water in Scotland (Booklet) 5,000 Water in Scotland (Leaflet) 2,000 Blazebuster (Fire Prevention Children's Comic) 70,000 Check the Car Thief (Card) 110,000 Give Him an Inch (Poster) 20,000 Police Recruitment (Booklet) 12,000 Prison Officers Recruitment (Leaflet) 13,600 Crime Prevention Starts with You (Poster) 15,000 117W
Training for North Sea Oil (Booklet) 4,000 Registers of Scotland (Booklet) 1,000 Scottish Office (Booklet insert) 5,000 Check the Car Thief (Leaflet) 80,000 Sheriff Courts (Leaflet) 2,000 Notice to Travellers (Leaflet) 20,000 Scottish Education and North Sea Oil (Leaflet) 2,000 Vandalism (Poster) 15,000 State Hospital Carstairs Recruitment (Leaflet) 5,000 Old People's Week (Poster) 10,500 Sheep Scab Restriction (Poster) 300 Money on the Move (Leaflet) 15,000 Pickpockets (Poster) 10,000 Police Guide to Security (Booklet) 45,000 Crofting in the Next Decade (Booklet) 2,500 Guide to Summary Cause in Sheriff Court (Leaflet) 10,000 Controlled Rents to Fair Rents (Booklet) 15,000 Information to Potential Jurors (Leaflet) 200,000 Career Prospects for University Graduates (Leaflet) 500 Nursing Conference (Programme) 100 1977 Crime Prevention Calendar 200,000 Rabies (Leaflet) 20,000 Land Community Scheme (Booklet) 25,000 Vandalism (Poster) 10,000 Make Sure of Your Vote (Poster) 10,000 Legal Aid (Poster) 5,000 Community Land Scheme—Disposal (Booklet) 2,000 Fire Prevention (Poster) 5,000 Blazebuster (Fire Prevention Comic—new issue) 70,000 Rent Rebates (Leaflet) 400,000 Rate Rebates (Leaflet) 300,000 Carry on Learning (Poster) 5,000 Rent and Rate Rebates (Poster) 2,500 Fuse Rating (Leaflet) 60,000 Never… While Its Lit (Fire Prevention Poster) 5,000 Perpetual Calendar for Fire Prevention 10,000 Scotland Where the Action is (Leaflet) 5,000 Good Neighbours (Poster) 22,000 North Sea Oil (Booklet) 5,000 Disabled Week (Poster) 7,500 Good Neighbout (Leaflet) 100,000 Lay Observer (Leaflet) 2,500 Holiday Security Pochettes 75,000 Kidney Donor (Cards) 34,000 Kidney Donor (Poster) 4,000 Electricity Special Payments Scheme (Leaflet) 707,000 Gas Heaters (Leaflet) 20,000 Community Councils (Poster) 5,000 Community Councils (Leaflet) 25,000 Never Go With Strangers (Bookmark) 52,000 Cycle Safety (Leaflet) 65,000 Cycle Safety (Poster) 5,000 Police Recruitment (Leaflet) 20,000 Community Parents (Leaflet) 5,000 Factsheets published during the same year were:
Title Quantity Children's Hearings 4,000 The National Health Service 1,000 The State Hospital, Carstairs 2,000 The Economy of Scotland 4,000 The Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 2,000 Scottish Office and North Sea Oil and Gas 5,000 Land and the Community 2,000 The Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976 1,000 Scottish Education 4,000 Scottish Courts 3,500 Industry and the Secretary of State 2,500 Prisons and Other Penal Establishments 1,500 Community Land Act 2,000 In addition, the Scottish Information Office distributed a total of 1,426 Press notices. The number of copies issued of each notice varied from about 30 to 800 depending on the content and circulation required. "Newsletter from Scotland", features service for distribution overseas and to London-based correspondents of the overseas Press, was produced each month and 850 copies of each issue circulated.