§ Mr. Luceasked the Minister of Overseas Development what is the cost per annum of the production and distribution of the departmental journal "Overseas
386WEngland and Wales and the Republic. The following tables, which relate only to England and Wales, give the information that is currently available:
Development"; how many times a year it is published; how many copies are distributed; and to whom it is distributed.
§ Mrs. HartThe present cost per annum, for six issues each of 9,000 copies, is £7,500. Of this, about £1,300 is recovered from non-official subscribers. The distribution is:
Foreign Governments, international organisations, diplomatic posts 3,101 Ministry of Overseas Development and other departmental staff 1,925 UK non-governmental organisations 1,433 Members of the Houses of Parliament (at their request) 339 Subscribers (e.g. commercial companies, educational institutions, individuals) 1,479 8,277 The remaining copies are distributed to non-subscribers on individual request.