§ Mr. Fieldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide statistics of the average monthly issues of the Employment Gazette for the past three years giving a breakdown between (a) numbers supplied free to Government Departments; (b) numbers sold to Government Departments and (c) others sold.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe information is as follows:
Year Supplied free to Government Departments Sold to Government Departments Others sold 1979 2,400 1,650 7,150 (up to 31 March) 1980 2,175 1,825 7,200 (1 April to 31 December) 1980 — 3,700 7,050 1981 — 3,825 6,500 Her Majesty's Stationery Office was reconstituted as a Government trading fund on 1 April 1980. Since that date all transactions with other Government Departments have been on a repayment basis, so that copies of this publication issued to them have been charged for since then.