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House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (US$386 thousand) from source
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1 Question in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (US$3,068) from wikipedia -
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6 thousand Freedom of Information requests
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 (US$245.10) from source -
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1 One word by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (US$4.60)