§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the newspapers subscribed to(a) Monday to Saturday and (b) on Sunday by her Department, stating for each subscription (i) the number of copies taken, and (ii) the annual cost. [52813]
§ Hilary BennThe Department no longer purchases newspapers from a central budget. Our last record for central subscriptions and expenditure is shown below, for November 2001.
Subscription Number of copies (Mon-Sat) Number of copies (Sunday) Annual cost Daily Mail 1 — £100.80 Daily Mirror 1 — £80.64 Daily Telegraph 3 — £378.00 East Kilbride News 1 — £24.00 Evening Standard 3 — £252.00 Express 1 — £88.48 Financial Times 5 — £1,260.00 Guardian 5 — £1,102.50 Herald 2 — £260.00 Independent 4 — £504.00 Scotsman 2 — £208.00 Sun 1 — £79.20 Times 5 — £815.60 Independent on Sunday — 1 £72.00 Observer — 1 £72.00 Sunday Telegraph — 1 £60.00 Sunday Times — 1 £72.00 Total cost £5,429.22
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the magazines and periodicals subscribed to by her Department, stating for each subscription the(a) number of copies taken and (b) annual cost. [52814]
§ Hilary BennThe Department's core, central subscriptions to magazines and periodicals are listed in tables, copies of which have been placed in the library. A number of DFID departments and country offices have direct journal subscriptions, but full details of decentralised expenditure could only be provided at disproportionate cost.