§ Sir Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the income his Department received in each of the years since 1979 from charges made on weighing machines and scale manufacturers for the inspection and certification of new machines offered for type approval.
§ Mr. HowardInformation is not readily available in the form requested to distinguish between scale and weighing machine manufacturers and other manufacturers. However the totals for all types of equipment are:
Total income from new submissions and variants £ 1979–80 32,618 1980–81 88,795 1981–82 112,207 1982–83 137,290 1983–84 222,486 1984–85 209,774