HC Deb 05 February 1998 vol 305 cc789-91W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is her estimate of the expenditure of her Department on newspapers and magazines in(a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97, (c) 1997–98 to date and (d) 1997–98 full year; and if she will list the newspapers and magazines purchased or subscribed to on a regular basis. [26622]

Mr. Field

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out. Offices of the Department's Agencies also subscribe to publications; however, details of these are not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Expenditure on newspapers and magazines
Year £
1995–96 (approximate) 68,000
1996–97 74,058
1997–98 to date 72,002
1997–98 (estimated outturn for year) 87,514

The Department subscribes to a wide range of publications including all of the major daily and weekend newspapers.

Magazines currently purchased include:

  • The Actuary
  • American Economic Review
  • Anbar Abstracts
  • Anti Poverty Matters
  • Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin
  • Benefits and Compensation International
  • The Big Issue
  • Byte
  • Campaign
  • CCTA Technology Update
  • Community Care
  • Current Research in Social Security
  • Disability Now
  • Economic Trends
  • Economist
  • Equal Opportunities Review
  • Europe Daily Bulletin
  • European Social Policy
  • Family Matters
  • Financial Adviser
  • Findings: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • Government Business
  • Health and Safety at Work
  • Health Service Journal
  • Housing Review
  • Housing Today
  • IBIS Review
  • IDS Pension Service Bulletin
  • Interfaces
  • International Social Security Review
  • Internet Magazine
  • Investors Chronicle
  • Journal of Documentation
  • 791
  • Journal of European Social Policy
  • Journal of Political Policy
  • Journal of Social Security Law
  • Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
  • Labour Market Quarterly Report
  • Lancet
  • Legal Action
  • Management Today
  • Managing Information
  • Money Management
  • Municipal Journal
  • National Institute Economic Review
  • Nature
  • New Law Journal
  • New Scientist
  • New Statesman
  • Occupational Health
  • Occupational Pensions
  • OECD Observer
  • Official Journal of the European Communities
  • Online
  • Oxford Economic Papers
  • PC Magazine
  • Pensions Age
  • Pensions Management
  • Personal Computer World
  • Political Quarterly
  • Press Gazette
  • Private Eye
  • Records Management Journal
  • Roof
  • Scientific American
  • Social Policy and Administration
  • Social Policy Bulletin
  • Social Security Abroad
  • Spectator
  • Taxation
  • Total Quality Management
  • Trends in Social Security
  • Voluntary Voice
  • Volunteering
  • The Week
  • Welfare Rights Bulletin
  • What Investment
  • Which
  • Work, Employment and Society
  • Working Brief