Early-day Motions (Hansard, 1 April 1996)

HC Deb 01 April 1996 vol 275 c16W 16W

§ Mr. Steen
To ask the Lord President of the Council what is the total annual cost to public funds of early-day motions. [23643]

§ Mr. Newton
Her Majesty's Stationery Office estimates that the total cost to public funds of producing EDMs in theOfficial Report, for the Session 1994–95, was £1,868,000.

§ Mr. Steen
To ask the Lord President of the Council what is the average number of signatures added to early-day motions per week. [23642]

§ Mr. Newton
The parliamentary on-line information service database records that, from 15 November 1995 until 26 March 1996, 28,842 signatures were added to EDMs over 77 sitting days, averaging 374.57 per day.