§ Mr. Gerald HowarthTo ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department what was the cost to the public purse of printing and sending out the letters from the Lord Chancellor to promote the application by Mr. Andrew Patrick to re-join the Garrick Club; and if the Lord Chancellor intends to repay the cost. [75155]
§ Mr. HoonThe approximate costs were:
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Additional resources for winter pressure 1998–99 June 1998 allocation (Thousand) October/November allocation (Thousand) Total North Thames Has Barking and Havering 540 1,322 1,862 Barnet 441 1,080 1,521 Brent and Harrow 679 1,661 2,340 Camden and Islington 715 1,749 2.464 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 1,021 2,498 3,519 East and North Herts 583 1,427 2,010 East London and City 1,042 2,548 3,590 Enfield and Haringey 706 1,727 2,433 Hillingdon 336 821 1,157 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 602 1,474 2,076 North Essex 1,051 2,572 3,623 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 657 1,607 2,264 South Essex 860 2,105 2,965 West Hertfordshire 667 1,632 2,299 Total 9,900 24,223 34,123 South Thames HAs Bexley and Greenwich 550 1,547 2,097 Bromley 385 936 1,321 Croydon 440 1,061 1,501 Kingston and Richmond 425 1,087 1,512 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 1,150 3,010 4,160 Mertson, Sutton and Wandsworth 1,070 2,252 3,322 East Kent 925 2,009 2,934 Eastern Surrey 409 1,271 1,680 East Sussex 855 2,587 3,442 West Kent 1,275 2,824 4,099 Western Surrey 900 1,906 2,806 West Sussex 995 2,376 3,371 Total 9,379 22,865 32,244
£ Postage 9.80 Stationery 7.84 Typing 6.98 Total 24.62 The Lord Chancellor has repaid these costs.
§ Mr. Gerald HowarthTo ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will estimate the man-hours used by the Lord Chancellor's Diary Secretary in pursuing replies to the invitation sent out by the Lord Chancellor in connection with the re-election of Mr. Andrew Patrick to the Garrick Club; and what was the cost incurred. [75154]
§ Mr. HoonNone. Most of those written to have already replied. The Diary Secretary will not be pursuing the outstanding invitations.