Agency Printing Costs (Hansard, 14 October 1996)

§ Mr. Boswell

[holding answer 23 July 1996]: The agencies for which MAFF is responsible are:

Meat Hygiene Service
Pesticide Safety Directorate
Central Veterinary Laboratory
Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Central Science Laboratory
Agricultural Development Advisory Service

All commission the printing of publications and annual report independently. Chief executives have been asked to respond directly giving the information required.

Letter from Johnston McNiel to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 14 October 1996: As chief executive of the Meat Hygiene Service your question to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food relating to the costs incurred for printing all publications and annual report in the last available year has been passed to me for reply with respect to this executive agency.(38668) The Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) was launched on I April 1995 as an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). It took over from some 300 local authorities responsibility for enforcement of the hygiene, inspection and welfare at slaughter legislation in licensed meat premises in England, Scotland and Wales. In the financial year 1995/96 the MHS spent £21,184 on the publication of its Operation Manual. This manual provides an accessible source of guidance, information and instruction to all inspection staff. All other MHS publications, such as the Agency's Business and Corporate Plans are produced "in house" at the MHS headquarters in York. This office is located within an existing MAFF building. The MHS benefits from a number of the facilities in this building, notably the MAFF reprographic service. The cost for using this service is included in the total charge for the accommodation billed by MAFF. In 1995/96 the MHS spent £32,148 on the publication of its Annual Report and Accounts.

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Letter from G. K. Bruce to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 14 October 1996: The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply, in respect of the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD), to your question regarding the costs incurred for printing of publications.[38668] In the financial year ended 31 March 1996 the total cost incurred by PSD in printing publications was £6,861. Within that total, the printing costs of the 1994/95 Annual Report and Accounts were £6,516.

Letter from T. W. A. Little to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 14 October 1996: The Minister has asked me to reply to your question about printing costs for all VLA publications and the Annual Report in the last available year. [38668] The VLA was established on 1 October 1995, from the merger of the existing Central Veterinary Laboratory with the Veterinary Investigation Service, which was part of the State Veterinary Service. For the financial year 1994/95 for the old CVL, the total printing costs for all publications produced by the Agency was £20,332. Printing costs for the Annual Report and Accounts were £1,000.

Letter from John Fitzgerald to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 14 October 1994: In the absence of the Chief Executive on business, I have been asked by the Minister to reply on behalf of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate to your question about the costs incurred for printing as this is an operational matter for which the Chief Executive is responsible. [38668] In the financial year 1995/96 the Veterinary Medicines Directorate spent £15,704 on printing of the Annual Report and Accounts, and £32,582 on all other publications.

Letter from Professor P. I. Stanley to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 14 October 1996:

PRINTING COSTS The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply to your question about the costs incurred for printing a) all publications and b) the annual report in the last available year in respect of his Central Science Laboratory (CSL) Agency, as this is an operational matter for which I am responsible. [38668] In 1995/96 the cost of printing all publications was approximately £83K. The cost of printing CSL's 1995/96 Annual Report & Accounts was £7K which will fall in the 1996/97 financial year.

Letter from Phillip Needham to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 14 October 1996: The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply direct to your Parliamentary Question in which you ask for the costs incurred for printing (a) all publications and (b) the annual report in the last available year. [38668] The total cost incurred for printing ADAS corporate publications in 1995/96 was £73,935 which includes the annual report and accounts at a cost of £800.