§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the cost of producing and circulating the last Departmental annual report; what was the circulation list; how many copies were produced; how many copies were sold and at what price. [16653]
§ Mr. ForthThe Department's annual report published on 7 March 1995 cost £22,500 to prepare for printing.
It was published by HMSO and sold through their bookshops at £11.65 per copy. Printing costs were borne by HMSO, who look to recover these and other administrative costs from sales. The print run was £2,900 and 2345 copies have been sold up to 24 March.
The Department obtained copies to distribute to its own staff at middle management level and above, to institutions of further and higher education and local education authorities and to various educational organisations. The cost of buying copies from HMSO and circulating these was some £10,000.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the cost of producing and circulating the departmental annual report for each of the last 10 years in real terms.[16654]
§ Mr. ForthDepartmental reports were published for the first time in 1991. The five reports have been published as Command Papers by HMSO.
570WThe costs to the Department of preparing the reports for printing are as given. Printing costs were borne by HMSO, which looks to recover these and administrative costs from sales revenue.
Financial year Cash terms £ At 1993–94 prices £ 1990–91 4,900 5,581 1991–92 4,800 5,144 1992–93 5,200 5,359 1993–94 15,200 15,200 1994–95 22,500 22,059 Costs of buying in and circulating copies of the report were £10,000 in 1994–95. Costs are not held separately for the four previous years.