HC Deb 19 July 1996 vol 281 cc691-2W
Mr. Steen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each of his Department's agencies the cost of printing(a) all publications and (b) the annual report in the latest available year. [37808]

Sir Paul Beresford

The Secretary of State for the Environment is responsible for three agencies of the Department of the Environment and for Ordnance Survey, a separate department and agency. For the four agencies, the information requested is set out in the table. The expenditure is in respect of the 1995–96 financial year.

All publications £ Annual report £
Building Research Establishment 21,000 21,000
Planning Inspectorate 14,953 3,295
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 12,263 12,263
Ordnance Survey 425,000 2,500

The Building Research Establishment's technical publications are published by Construction Research Communications Ltd., CRC is a commercial organisation which is jointly owned by EMAP Architecture and the Secretary of State for the Environment. The cost of printing such technical publications is not included above.

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