§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Attorney-General what action is being taken to increase the numbers of immigration appeal reports published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office; how many such reports were sold in each of the last three years; and what representations he has received about the supply of such reports not meeting the demand.
§ The Attorney-GeneralImmigration appeal reports are published quarterly by HMSO. This year HMSO will increase the number of reports printed each quarter from 500 to 550. The number of reports sold in each quarter of each of the last three years is shown in the table:
1987 1988 1989 First Quarter 525 522 494 Second Quarter 504 508 518 Third Quarter 498 521 476 Fourth Quarter 513 508 452 Total 2,040 2,059 1,940 HMSO printed 600 reports each quarter in 1987 and 1988 and 500 each quarter in 1989 (except the second quarter when an additional 100 were reprinted after stocks had sold out).
The Lord Chancellor received representations about the supply of these reports from the hon. Member on 15 February.