§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of publishing his Department's annual report for each of the past five years. [70488]
§ Mr. McCartneyThe Department for Work and Pensions published its first Departmental Report in May 2002. The costs that fell directly to the Department for publishing the report were £94,940. These costs include, amongst others, the design and editing of the report and of placing it on the Department's internet and intranet. Some 2,000 copies of the report were produced distributed directly by the Department to the Work and Pensions Select Committee, key contacts within Government and other associated bodies and to senior staff.
Other costs of printing and publication are met directly by the publisher, The Stationery Office Limited (TSO), and do not fall to government.