HC Deb 04 April 2003 vol 402 cc926-7W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her estimate is of the expenditure of her Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002. [106300]

Clare Short

The Department no longer purchases newspapers, magazines and periodicals from a central budget, but full details of decentralised expenditure could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The central expenditure is shown in the table for the financial year 2002–03. These figures are provisional and subject to final audit.

£
Magazines and periodicals 99,775
Newspapers 3,790
Total cost 103,565