HC Deb 16 December 1993 vol 234 c881W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many press releases his Department has issued since 1979.

Mr. Lang

The following table shows the number of news releases issued by the Scottish Office information directorate in each year since 1985. The information for the years prior to that is not available.

Total news releases issued
1985 1,660
1986 1,793
1987 2,070
1988 2,231
1989 2,089
1990 2,008
1991 2,028
1992 1,993
11993 1,914
1As at 10 December 1993.