§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many press releases his Department has issued since 1979.
§ Mr. LangThe 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.