§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) 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; [16644]
(2) what was the cost of producing and circulating the departmental annual report for each of the last 10 years in real terms. [16645]
§ Mr. SackvilleDepartmental reports were published for the first time in 1991. The five reports to date of the Department of Health and the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys have been published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, which has borne the main printing and publication costs with the aim of recovering these from the sales revenue.
The table shows the additional costs incurred by the Department of Health, in relation to the associated artwork.
Year Artwork costs of Departmental (£–in 1994–95 prices) 1991 852 1992 1,541 1993 1,081 1994 1,132 1995 1,969 Some 3,150 copies of the 1995 departmental report, Cm 2812, have been printed and published.
Copies have been laid before Parliament and circulated to regional and district health authorities, family health services authorities, national health service trusts, social services departments, and members of the press.
HMSO has produced just over 1,300 further copies at a price of £18.40 net; sales of these are a matter for it.