§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to his answer on leaflets on 19 June,Official Report, column 51, he will publish an update of the letters he sent to the hon. Member for Derbyshire, North-East on 23 June.
§ Mr. David Hunt[holding answer 27 July 1989]: Most of the information remains as set out in the letter of 23 June from my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer). In order to meet high demand, however, certain leaflets have subsequently been reprinted. The new figures for these are set out below.
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Title Print run Production costs1 £ You and the Community Charge: Your Step-by-Step Guide 1,950,000 136,200 The Business Rate leaflet 235,000 23,800 Exemptions leaflet 581,000 34,000 Second Homes leaflet 240,000 14,900 Rebates leaflet 550,000 39,600 1 All figures are rounded.
The final cost of the distribution of the short leaflet to all households is now likely to be approximately £565,000 rather than the estimated £560,000 quoted in the letter.
The cost of hiring display units in Crown post offices for the same leaflet has increased from £26,000 to £28,500 largely because of the extra costs incurred by the Post Office in temporarily withdrawing the leaflet during the court case initiated by Greenwich borough council.