asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the documents produced by the Scottish Information Office in the 12 months March 1976 to March 1977 and the quantities of each printed, by title.
, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 7th April 1977 Vol. 929, c. 650], gave the following information:The leaflets, posters and booklets published by Scottish Information Office on behalf of my departments during the year 1st April 1976 to 31st March 1977, and quantities printed were:
| Benefits of North Sea Oil (Booklet) | 5,000 |
| Thank God They're Here (Poster) | 20,000 |
| Regulated Tenancies (Booklet) | 50,000 |
| Tulliallan Jubilee (Booklet) | 1,000 |
| Rooms to Let (Leaflet) | 25,000 |
| Landlords and the law (Leaflet) | 25,000 |
| Protection under the rent act (Leaflet) | 25,000 |
| Letting your own home (Leaflet) | 25,000 |
| Notice to Quit (Leaflet) | 50,000 |
| When you leave it lock it (Poster) | 15,000 |
| Expanding in Scotland (Leaflet) | 12,000 |
| For Your Information—Scottish Agriculture (Leaflet) | 22,000 |
| Water in Scotland (Booklet) | 5,000 |
| Water in Scotland (Leaflet) | 2,000 |
| Blazebuster (Fire Prevention Children's Comic) | 70,000 |
| Check the Car Thief (Card) | 110,000 |
| Give Him an Inch (Poster) | 20,000 |
| Police Recruitment (Booklet) | 12,000 |
| Prison Officers Recruitment (Leaflet) | 13,600 |
| Crime Prevention Starts with You (Poster) | 15,000 |
| Training for North Sea Oil (Booklet) | 4,000 |
| Registers of Scotland (Booklet) | 1,000 |
| Scottish Office (Booklet insert) | 5,000 |
| Check the Car Thief (Leaflet) | 80,000 |
| Sheriff Courts (Leaflet) | 2,000 |
| Notice to Travellers (Leaflet) | 20,000 |
| Scottish Education and North Sea Oil (Leaflet) | 2,000 |
| Vandalism (Poster) | 15,000 |
| State Hospital Carstairs Recruitment (Leaflet) | 5,000 |
| Old People's Week (Poster) | 10,500 |
| Sheep Scab Restriction (Poster) | 300 |
| Money on the Move (Leaflet) | 15,000 |
| Pickpockets (Poster) | 10,000 |
| Police Guide to Security (Booklet) | 45,000 |
| Crofting in the Next Decade (Booklet) | 2,500 |
| Guide to Summary Cause in Sheriff Court (Leaflet) | 10,000 |
| Controlled Rents to Fair Rents (Booklet) | 15,000 |
| Information to Potential Jurors (Leaflet) | 200,000 |
| Career Prospects for University Graduates (Leaflet) | 500 |
| Nursing Conference (Programme) | 100 |
| 1977 Crime Prevention Calendar | 200,000 |
| Rabies (Leaflet) | 20,000 |
| Land Community Scheme (Booklet) | 25,000 |
| Vandalism (Poster) | 10,000 |
| Make Sure of Your Vote (Poster) | 10,000 |
| Legal Aid (Poster) | 5,000 |
| Community Land Scheme—Disposal (Booklet) | 2,000 |
| Fire Prevention (Poster) | 5,000 |
| Blazebuster (Fire Prevention Comic—new issue) | 70,000 |
| Rent Rebates (Leaflet) | 400,000 |
| Rate Rebates (Leaflet) | 300,000 |
| Carry on Learning (Poster) | 5,000 |
| Rent and Rate Rebates (Poster) | 2,500 |
| Fuse Rating (Leaflet) | 60,000 |
| Never… While Its Lit (Fire Prevention Poster) | 5,000 |
| Perpetual Calendar for Fire Prevention | 10,000 |
| Scotland Where the Action is (Leaflet) | 5,000 |
| Good Neighbours (Poster) | 22,000 |
| North Sea Oil (Booklet) | 5,000 |
| Disabled Week (Poster) | 7,500 |
| Good Neighbout (Leaflet) | 100,000 |
| Lay Observer (Leaflet) | 2,500 |
| Holiday Security Pochettes | 75,000 |
| Kidney Donor (Cards) | 34,000 |
| Kidney Donor (Poster) | 4,000 |
| Electricity Special Payments Scheme (Leaflet) | 707,000 |
| Gas Heaters (Leaflet) | 20,000 |
| Community Councils (Poster) | 5,000 |
| Community Councils (Leaflet) | 25,000 |
| Never Go With Strangers (Bookmark) | 52,000 |
| Cycle Safety (Leaflet) | 65,000 |
| Cycle Safety (Poster) | 5,000 |
| Police Recruitment (Leaflet) | 20,000 |
| Community Parents (Leaflet) | 5,000 |
Factsheets published during the same year were:
Title
| Quantity
|
| Children's Hearings | 4,000 |
| The National Health Service | 1,000 |
| The State Hospital, Carstairs | 2,000 |
| The Economy of Scotland | 4,000 |
| The Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 | 2,000 |
| Scottish Office and North Sea Oil and Gas | 5,000 |
| Land and the Community | 2,000 |
| The Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976 | 1,000 |
| Scottish Education | 4,000 |
| Scottish Courts | 3,500 |
| Industry and the Secretary of State | 2,500 |
| Prisons and Other Penal Establishments | 1,500 |
| Community Land Act | 2,000 |
In addition, the Scottish Information Office distributed a total of 1,426 Press notices. The number of copies issued of each notice varied from about 30 to 800 depending on the content and circulation required. "Newsletter from Scotland", features service for distribution overseas and to London-based correspondents of the overseas Press, was produced each month and 850 copies of each issue circulated.