Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 March 2010. It was answered by Lord Wills (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Public Expenditure

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse was of (a) the Independent Commission on the Voting System, (b) the Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords, (c) the production of the White Paper on The House of Lords-Completing the Reform and (d) the production of the White Paper on An Elected Second Chamber.

Answer: The Stationery Office has provided the following costings:"The publication costs of (a) the Report of Independent Commission on the Voting System was £3,001.00 for Cm 4090-1 and £972.00 for Cm 4090-11;""(b) the Report of the Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords was £31,090.9;""(c) the White Paper 'The House of Lords-Completing the Reform' (Cm 7027) was £12,353.00; and""(d) of the White Paper 'An Elected Second Chamber' (Cm 7438) was £20,389.57."Information on the other costs is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 508 c1100-1W; 324494
Session: 2009-10
Subjects: House of Lords Electoral systems Publications Public expenditure Reform Ministry of Justice
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk