§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the cost of the preparation, production and distribution of his Department's recently published annual report.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe report, which was published on 4 October, sets out my Department's key objectives and main achievements during 1982–83, and gives details of expenditure by the Department and other public bodies in the relevant areas of responsibility. It includes a financial statement giving provisional outturn figures for each of the Department's Votes. The figures in the financial statement are unaudited and subject to certification by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
The cost of design, typesetting, artwork and printing was £23,970. In addition, staff effort costing about £20,000 was involved. The cost of distribution was small.
The annual report is the first of its kind to be issued by my Department. Copies are available in the Vote Office and are on general sale from the Department, price £4.