§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the total cost in the last financial year of the Department's grant-maintained publication centre; and what part of that total cost relates to the freephone number.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe grant-maintained publication centre was set-up in January 1994. The total cost to the end of March is £34,000, including VAT. Of this, £6,000 relates to the cost of setting up the freephone number and the handling of calls by the contractor. These figures do not include the cost of call charges still to be billed by British Telecom.