asked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the cost to public funds of the pamphlet "Defence—British Policy and the Rôle of the Services".
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the estimated cost of production and distribution of the pamphlet "Defence—British Policy and the Rôle of the Services", produced by the Ministry of Defence.
The pamphlet cost £1,764 for 35,000 copies—5·04 per copy. I have no estimate of distribution costs, but they would have been minimal.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide a breakdown in the Official Report for the £24,620,000 spent on stationery and printing under Programme 14.2 of the Defence Supply Estimates.
I have been asked to reply.The estimated expenditure from the Vote for Stationery and Printing, 1975–76, on behalf of Programme 1, Defence Budget is as follows:
| Supplies Purchased | £'000 |
| Paper (excluding printing paper) | 5,350 |
| General Office Supplies | 2,167 |
| Books and Periodicals | 828 |
| Office Machinery Purchase | 1,977 |
| Office Machinery Hire and Maintenance | 3,949 |
| Printing and Binding Procured | |
| Printing Paper | 1,975 |
| Printing and Binding | 8,573 |
| Reprographic Services | 819 |
| 25,638 | |
| Less | |
| Sales of publications etc. | 942 |
| Sales of waste paper | 76 |
| 24,620 |