HC Deb 10 May 1994 vol 243 cc133-4W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the(a) budgeted and (b) total cost of producing the package, "Forward Look of Government-funded Science, Engineering and Technology 1994"; how many copies have been produced and distributed; and to whom they have been distributed.

Mr. Waldegrave

The Office of Science and Technology set a budget of £30,000 to produce the 1994 "Forward Look of Government-funded Science, Engineering and Technology". The costs of printing, publishing and distributing were borne by HMSO which aims to recover its costs from sales revenue. HMSO produced a total of 1900 copies of which 1,000 copies were purchased by the OST for official use. After discount the total cost to the OST was £24,000.

Approximately 800 copies of the "Forward Look" have ben distributed to date by the OST to parliamentary bodies, Government Departments, research councils, higher education funding councils, higher education institutes, research and technology organisations, trade and industry associations, professional institutions of scientists and engineers, learned societies, members of advisory bodies on S and T, S and T counsellors in United Kingdom embassies and overseas embassies based in London. Copies are on sale through HMSO, its agents and other booksellers.