§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list all publications relating to Northern Ireland ordered to be stocked by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, in each of the last five years; the total cost of each publication; and who was awarded the printing contract.
§ Mr. MaplesI have been asked to reply.
A search of HMSO's title database shows the following number of publications with Northern Ireland or Ulster in the bibliographic details:
Year of Publication Number 1986 512 1987 653 1988 642 1989 765 1990 699 This does not, of course, represent the totality of HMSO publications that may relate to Northern Ireland in some way but it would involve disproportionate cost to examine each of the over 40,000 new items published by HMSO over this period for specific relevance.
Similarly, the other details requested could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.