asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will analyse and publish the details of the expenditure on the Question costing between £300 and £500 referred to in a Written Answer on 29th October.

The Question was put down by the hon. Member for Orpington (Mr. Lubbock):

"To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent staggering of working hours has been implemented in Government Departments, following instructions to this effect."—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 27th July, 1965; Vol. 717, c. 62.]

Preparation of the Answer involved over 70 Departments. Some of these have several headquarters buildings; some have local office networks. The total cost was £475. Its distribution between Departments is shown in the following table:

No. of Departments	Cost range
	over	up to
52	—	£5
6	£5	£10
9	£10	£15
1	£15	£20
2	£20	£25
3	£25	£80