§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list each new publication issued by his Department since 1997 and the total cost to the Department of each publication. [141472]
§ Dr. Moonie[holding answer 11 December 2000]: My Department produces a huge range of publications for both internal and external purposes. No central record is kept of these and it would not be possible to list each new publication, and the total costs to the Department, without incurring disproportionate costs.
However, we do have central records of the publications produced by our central corporate communications division and its predecessors, which is responsible for most corporate and policy publications. From the information available, the following main publications have been produced since financial year 1997–98.
Publication £ Financial year 1997–98 Britain's Defence Booklet 728,000 Focus Internal Newspaper 204,930 Sanctuary Conservation Booklet 22,297 Permanent Joint HQ Publication 7,955 MOD Organisational Booklet 4,000 Conservation Brochure 11,258 Departmental Performance Report 1— Financial year 1998–99 Strategic Defence Review (CMD 999) 1— Departmental Performance Report 1— Defence Booklets 55,988 Defence Annual Report 19,051 Sanctuary Conservation Booklet 24,194 Defence Factsheets 11,991 Focus Internal Newspaper 167,791 Financial year 1999–2000 Defence White Paper (CMD 4446) 1— Defence Annual Report and Mission Booklets 17,514 Defence Booklets 25,373 Defence Factsheets (series of 28) 47,868 Factsheets (Welsh Language) 8,439 Large text/Braille/audio material 24,475 Sanctuary 21,920 Focus Internal Newspaper 174,329 Departmental Performance Report 1— Financial year 2000–01 MOD Factsheets (series of 33) 22,782 Factsheets (Welsh Language) 10,480 Corporate Booklets 32,364 Kosovo Lessons From the Crisis (CMD 4724) 1— Departmental Performance Report 1— Focus Internal Newspaper 103,918 Sanctuary 19,092 1 Costs borne by Stationery Office