§ Mr. Kenneth Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the cost of Government information services in the years 1960, 1970 and 1979 separately for each Department and for the Central Office of Information.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisI refer the honourable Member to the table on Government information services published annually in the Memorandum on Supply Estimates by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. These show the total provision by main Departments for each year, and separately identify the net provision for the Central Office of Information. Corresponding information for 415W each of the other Departments is not available centrally. Figures for 1979 will not be available until the Supply Estimates for 1979–80 are published.