HC Deb 30 March 1987 vol 113 c400W
Mr. Hancock

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost of printing and distributing the Budget statement at railway stations on 17 March; and what was the income from the sale of these pamphlets.

Mr. Brooke

[pursuant to his reply, 25 March 1987, c. 216]: Summaries of the Budget were put on sale at Waterloo station on 17 March, price 20p, at an estimated cost of around £50. This was an experiment to test the market for such a summary undertaken in response to a recommendation by the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee that the Treasury, together with HMSO, should look into the possibility of further promotion of the Red Book and a perhaps revised Budget supplement to the Economic Progress Report. The income from sales was around £90, which it was agreed should be retained by the vendor for handling the experiment.

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