§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many civil servants in his Department, and at what cost, have been involved in production and dissemination of articles for newspapers in Wales concerning the revenue support grant and the community charge, and if he will make a statement;
755W(2) what is the individual and total cost of his articles in each of the local and regional newspapers of Wales concerning the revenue support grant for Wales and the community charge; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsArticles published under my right hon. Friend's name may or may not be based on a corpus of information provided in the normal way by civil servants. It is not possible to attribute to the Department the cost of such information. Articles disseminated by the Department are given free of charge to newspapers and the costs incurred are de minimis.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether his Department made any payment to theChester Chronicle in relation to the publication of his article on the revenue support grant for Wales and the community charge in the Chester Chronicle, Deeside edition of 2 February.