HC Deb 03 November 1999 vol 337 c184W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list his Department's spending on official publications since May 1997. [93693]

Mr. Hain

The spending on official publications produced by the publications Section of Information Department from May 1997 was:

Year £
May 1997 to March 1998 2,062,363.30
April 1998 to March 1999 1,487,125.70
April 1999 to September 1999 641,007.01

The answer totals the cost of Publications for use overseas (£4,190,495) and the two departmental reports produced since May 1997 (£28,871).