§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the cost in(a) real and (b) cash terms for each of the last five years to his Department and its predecessors of producing and distributing printed material pertaining to consultation exercises on matters within his present responsibilities as (i) Green Papers and (ii) White Papers.
§ Mr. Peter LloydGreen and White Papers are generally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. The Department, like its predecessor the Department of Health 27W and Social Security, purchases the number of copies it requires of each paper for distribution internally, and to certain other recipients, frnm Her Majesty's Stationery Office. The information on the costs of such purchases can be produced only at disproportionate cost. Records of distribution are not retained and retrospective distribution costs cannot therefore be calculated.