Finding what you want
Many publications are available on the Parliament Website. The Classes of publication page gives information about website links for specific classes of information. If you do not have access to the Internet, you can find out more about a specific publication by contacting the House of Commons Information Office (HCIO). Visually-impaired correspondents are welcome to request a reply on tape, disk, or in large print. Deaf and hard of hearing callers with a text phone can call Typetalk. Please note that while hardcopy versions of any free publication will be supplied on request, multiple copies cannot normally be provided.
House of Commons Information Office
House of Commons
London SW1A 2TT
Tel: 020 7219 4272 (5 lines)
Fax: 020 7219 5839
E-mail: hcinfo@parliament.uk
In accordance with the fees regulations issued under the Act by the Department of Constitutional Affairs, charges may apply for certain requests for information. Electronic documents in HTML or PDF format can be accessed free of charge from our website. To read PDF documents you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free and available from Adobe.
Purchasing publications
Some printed publications (including most business papers) are published by The Stationery Office (TSO) and are subject to a charge. These can be purchased from the Parliamentary Bookshop or TSO:
Parliamentary Bookshop
12 Bridge Street
Parliament Square
London SW1A 2JX
Tel: 020 7219 3890
Fax: 020 7219 3866
E-mail: bookshop@parliament.uk
The Stationery Office
The Publications Centre
PO Box 276
London SW8 5DT
General enquiries Tel: 0345 58 54 63
Parliamentary Hotline: 0345 02 34 74
Education material
For information and resources for teachers, students and schools, visit the Education Website or contact the Parliamentary Education Unit
Parliamentary Education Unit
House of Commons
London SW1A 2TT
Tel: 020 7219 2105
Fax: 020 7219 0818
E-mail: edunit@parliament.uk
Sound and Video Archives
For video and audio material of recorded parliamentary proceedings, you should contact the Parliamentary Recording Unit. Live coverage of all UK Parliament proceedings - including Select and Standing Committees which are meeting in public - is now available via Parliament Live.
The service also includes an on-demand archive, where material is stored for 14 days from its original transmission.
Parliamentary Recording Unit
7 Millbank
London
SW1P 3JA
Tel: 020 7219 5511
Fax: 020 7219 4864
E-mail: pru@parliament.uk
The rates at which the Parliamentary Recording Unit can provide video and audio recordings of parliamentary proceedings is dependent upon the length of recording required, how the footage is to be used and the nature of the organisation requiring the footage. Current rates are available on request.
Copyright Information page
The House of Commons Information Office offers a premium rate faxing service for Parliamentary and Crown Copyright material. It is able to fax a maximum of 10 pages at £1.70 per page + VAT within the United Kingdom. However, if the information is two pages or less, it will be faxed free of charge. All parliamentary copyright material, whether or not published by The Stationery Office (e.g. Hansard, Standing Committee Debates, House of Commons Papers, Factsheets, Weekly Information Bulletin, Information Lists, Business of the House, Unprinted Papers) and all Crown Copyright material (e.g. Acts, Command Papers) can be faxed. Documents for which the House of Commons does not own the copyright (e.g. newspaper articles, books, etc) and Deposited Papers cannot be faxed.
Related links:
Classes of publication
How to make a request