HC Deb 16 July 1996 vol 281 cc470-1W
Mr. Steen

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the agencies for which her Department is responsible and the costs incurred by each for printing(a) all publications and (b) its annual report in the last year for which figures are available. [37463]

Mr. Robin Squire

The Department has two next steps agencies: the Employment Service; and the Teachers' Pensions Agency.

Information on the costs incurred on printing all publications is not recorded separately by the two agencies and could be disaggregated from other printing costs only at disproportionate cost.

Information is, however, available about the specific cost of printing the agencies' annual report and accounts. The cost of printing the Employment Service annual report and accounts for 1995–96 is expected to be around £23,000. The cost of printing the 1995–96 Teachers' Pensions Agency annual report and accounts was £5,400.