§ Mr. Hayesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much his Department spent in 1983–84 on the purchase of newspapers, periodicals, books and other published reading material.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinIn 1983–84 the Department of the Environment, including the Property Services Agency, 863W spent £1,008,000 on official publications and £683,200 on commercially published newspapers, periodicals, books and other reading material. I am taking steps to ascertain the scope for savings.