Lord Bruce of Doningtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the cover price of the daily issue of (a) the House of Commons Hansard and (b) the House of Lords Hansard at the end of each calendar year from 1961 to 1991 inclusive.
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Wakeham)The information requested is as follows:
Year House of Commons Hansard Price in December House of Lords Hansard Price in December 1961 1s 0d 1s 0d 1962 1s 0d 1s 0d 1963 1s 6d 1s 6d 1964 1s 6d 1s 6d 1965 1s 6d 1s 6d 1966 1s 6d 1s 6d 1967 2s 3d 2s 3d 1968 2s 3d 2s 3d 1969 2s 3d 2s 3d 1970 2s 3d 2s 3d 1971 0.18p 0.18p 1972 0.18p 0.18p 1973 0.18p 0.18p 1974 0.20p 0.20p 1975 0.22p 0.22p 1976 O.33p O.33p 1977 0.33p O.33p 1978 0.40p 0.40p 1979 0.45p 0.45p 1980 0.80p 0.80p 1981 0.80p 0.80p 1982 £1.00 £1.00 1983 £1.50 £1.50 1984 £1.95 £1.95 1985 £2.50 £2.50 1986 £2.95 £2.95 1987 £3.70 £3.25 1988 £4.35 £3.60 1989 £5.00 £3.60 46WA
£ Alzheimer's Disease Society 130,000 Association for the Psychiatric Study of Adolescents Child & Adolescent Project 40,000 British Institute of Industrial Therapy 25,000 Child Psychotherapy Trust 15,000 Child Psychotherapy Trust Reprinting Project 7,000 Cruse—Bereavement Care 114,000 Eating Disorders Association 29,000 Good Practices in Mental Health 80,000 Making Space 30,000 Manic Depression Fellowship 10,000 Mental After Care Association 50,000 Mental Health Foundation 50,000 Mental Health Foundation Centre of MH Services Project 7,500 Mental Health Foundation Development Centre Project 50,000 Mental Health Foundation Homeless in London Project 80,000 Mental Health Foundation Special Core Grant 115,000 Mental Health Media Council 30,000 NAFSIVAT (Inter-cultural psychiatry) 15,000 National Association for Mental Health (Mind) 415,000 National Association for Mental Health (Mind) Audit Development Project 60,000 National Association for Mental Health (Mind) Mindlink 21,260 National Schizophrenia Fellowship 91,000 National Schizophrenia Fellowship Nat Reg Development Project 47,000 New Parent Infant Network (Newpin) 32,500 New Parent Infant Network (Newpin) Capital 5,500 Northern Schizophrenia Fellowship 27,500 Phobic Action 20,000 Phobics Society 7,500
Year House of Commons Hansard Price in December House of Lords Hansard Price in Decembe 1990 £6.00 £4.00 1991 £7.50 £4.20 For many years the prices of Parliamentary Debates were heavily subsidised. In 1983, when the annual subsidy stood at £6 million, Ministers decided progressively to reduce the level of subsidy required. As a result of this, and with more cost effective methods of production, the then Economic Secretary to the Treasury was able to announce last November that the latest price increases, together with plans to enable the reports of Commons proceedings to be "machine-read" by the HMSO presses (as is already the case for the Lords), should permit the final elimination of the revenue subsidy (Commons Hansard, 1st November 1991, col. 3).