Reading Material (Departmental Expenditure)

HC Deb 30 October 1984 vol 65 c919W

Mr. Hayes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent in 1983–84 on the purchase of newspapers, periodicals, books and other published reading material.

Mr. Renton

Total expenditure in 1983–84 by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on newspapers, periodicals, books and other published reading material was £1,441,516.