HC Deb 16 February 1977 vol 926 cc253-4W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many copies of each of the following newspapers are purchased by his Department in order to keep himself, and senior civil servants, informed: The Times, Financial Times, Yorkshire Post, and Birmingham Post, respectively.

Mr. Tomlinson

The following are purchased for use of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London:

The Times 135 copies
Financial Times 97 copies
Yorkshire Post 3 copies
Birmingham Post 4 copies

Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many copies of each of the following newspapers are purchased every day by his Department in order to keep himself and senior civil servants informed on Scottish affairs: The Scotsman, the Glasgow Herald, the Press and Journal, the Daily Record, the Scottish Daily Express and the Dundee Courier and Advertiser.

Mr. Tomlinson

Three copies ofThe Scotsman and two copies of the Glasgow Herald are purchased for the use of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. No copies are purchased of any of the other listed newspapers.

Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many copies of each of the following newspapers are purchased every week by his Department in order to keep him and his senior civil servants informed on Scottish affairs: the Sunday Post, the Sunday Mail and the Scottish Sunday Express.

Mr. Tomlinson

No copies of any of the three listed newspapers are purchased for the use of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

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