§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list his Department's spending on official publications since May 1997. [93685]
§ Mr. Chris SmithThe spending on official publications since May 1997; which includes the costs incurred by the Department in publishing, preparation, production and purchase of copies for official use was £841,812.12. This excludes the cost of publications produced for internal use. Where the department makes use of a private sector publisher the publishing, printing and design costs are generally met by the publisher as part of their acceptance of the risks of publication.
Spend £ May 1997–March 1998 338,760.90 April 1998–March 1999 288,099.82 April 1999–8 October 1999 214,951.40 The equivalent figure for April 1996–March 1997 was £501,366.85.