Agency Printing Costs (Hansard, 19 July 1996)

Mr. John M. Taylor

I am asking the chief executive of each DTI agency to reply to the hon. Member.

Letter from Jim Norton to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 19 July 1996: The President of the Board of trade has asked me to reply to your request for details of my Agency's cost for printing (a) all publications and (b) the Annual Report in the last available year.

(a) The cost of printing all publications in the financial year 1995–96 was £402,959.26
(b) The cost of printing the Agency's Annual Report for 1994/95 was £9,218 (in addition the Agency produced a Business Review for 1994/95, the cost of which was £10,735).

Letter from Seton Bennett to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 19 July 1996: The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to rely on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory to your question about the cost of printing (a) all publications and (b) the annual report in the latest available year.

In 1995/96 this Agency's costs of printing were:

(a) Publications £2,420.00
(b) Annual Report (1994/95) £5,426.00

Letter from P. R. S. Hartnack to Mr Anthony Steen, dated 19 July 1996: I am responding in relation to the Patent Office to your Parliamentary Question to the President of the Board of Trade about the cost of printing of publications and annual reports. The information requested is set out in the following table:

1995–96	£ thousands
Publications for sale and office use such as the official journals, reports on patent cases, and specifications	435

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1995–96	£ thousands
Free literature distributed by our marketing and information service	211
Annual report and accounts	16

Letter from Peter Joyce to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 19 July 1996: The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply to your question about the cost to The Insolvency Service of printing its publications, including its Annual Report, in the latest available year. During the 1995–96 financial year The Insolvency Service spent £9,897 on the printing of its Annual Report and £19,325 on the printing of its other publications.

Letter from John S. Holden to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 19 July 1996: You recently asked the President of the Board of Trade for information about printing costs. I am replying in respect of Companies House.

The figures for the financial year 1995/96 are as follows:

Overall printing cost for publications: £257,000
Cost of printing 1994/95 annual report and accounts: £14,300

I should explain that the annual report figure is included in the overall print figure. It may also help if I explain that over three-quarters of the remaining printing cost are accounted for by notes for guidance that Companies House issues free of charge to help people understand their obligations under the Companies Act, and various aspects of our procedure.