Written question asked by Lynne Jones (Labour) on Friday, 22 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 November 2004. It was answered by Patricia Hewitt (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 November 2004 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was to her Department of producing, printing and direct mailing to employers its August 2004 booklet New laws for resolving disputes: key information for employers; and what the additional cost was of revising, re-printing and re-mailing to employers the new version of this booklet. - Inc table and figure.

Answer: Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost was to her Department of producing, printing and direct mailing to employers its August 2004 booklet "New laws for resolving disputes: key information for employers" and what the additional cost was of revising, reprinting and remailing to employers the new version of this booklet. [193623] Ms Hewitt: The total cost of producing, printing and direct mailing the booklets "New laws for resolving disputes: key information for employers" was £978,455 £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Version I Version II Production/Printing 395,570 202,965 Mailing 153,032 226,888 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The second version was sent out by first class post which explains the higher mailing costs.

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