HC Deb 19 October 1999 vol 336 cc418-9W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the titles of the in-house publications and newsletters which were produced for the staff of his Department, excluding non-departmental public bodies and agencies, in the past five years, specifying the dates on which each title was first produced, the frequency with which each title is produced and the current secrecy classification of each title. [93851]

Mr. Kilfoyle

Information is not available in the form requested, not least because of the number of changes in the organisation of my Department since 1995. However, the main corporate in-house journals currently published, and their frequency, are set out below:

Frequency Subject Matter
MOD-wide
Focus Monthly Main Corporate Journal
MOD 'OnLine' Daily Electronic news service
Money Matters Quarterly Financial Management
Paper Clips Monthly Civilian Personnel Policy
PM World Monthly Civilian Personnel

Management Issues

Capital AD hoc Resource Accounting and

Budgeting

Royal Navy
Navy News Monthly Main RN Corporate

Journal

Broadsheet Annual RN Annual Review
People Matters 2 a year RN Personnel Policy
Army
Soldier Monthly Main Army Corporate

Journal

British Army Review 3 a year General Army Matters
Sixth Sense Weekly Newspaper for all Forces

serving in Germany

RAF
RAF News Fortnightly Main RAF Corporate Journal
Air Power Review Quarterly Air Safety and Air Power

All titles are unclassified. In addition, there are many newsletters and other internal publications on specific subjects, such as the redevelopment of MOD's Whitehall HQ, or specific to individual management areas. The vast majority of military units also produce newsletters or magazines of their own for their personnel and for the benefit of Service families.

Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list his Department's spending on official publications since May 1997. [93687]

Mr. Kilfoyle

The costs of production of MOD's principal official publications are borne by the Stationery Office, as with all Command Papers, House of Commons papers and Statutory Instruments.