Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a return to a written question asked by Mrs. Groenewegen on April 30, 1999.
The office of the Premier is not responsible for the operations of the Legislative Assembly. The following information was provided bye the office of the Legislative Assembly to enable my response to the written question.
Analysis of expenses incurred for paper products during 1998/99
Printed forms $ 6,720.00
Stationery 7,964.00
Xerox Supplies 765.00
Other forms 35,147.00
Promotional material 67,838.00
Printing 12,713.00
Promotion 134,156.00
Total $ 265,303.00
Disposing of paper products: Document security systems 7,000.
Cost of storing documents (*) 0.
This cost was paid by Public Works and Services for whatever storage space the Legislative Assembly used at the government warehouse.
Cost of binding documents is included in the cost of the printing/promotion. There was no stand-alone cost for binding paid by the department during 1998/99.