HC Deb 19 October 1999 vol 336 cc575-6W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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 last 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. [93855]

Mr. Paul Murphy

The "Staff Bulletin" was first produced in November 1993. It is issued weekly, and it does not have a security classification.

"Links" is a staff newspaper, which was first produced in November 1997. It is issued every two months, or six times a year, and it does not have a security classification.

In addition, a range of ad-hoc publications have been produced by various divisions of the Department for internal distribution to staff, on topics such as the devolution process. Information on each of these individual, and generally one-off, items is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list his Department's spending on official publications since May 1997. [93683]

Mr. Paul Murphy

The figures are as follows:

£
The Welsh Office (May 1997-July 1999)
May 1997-March 1998 82,611
April 1998-March 1999 139,232
April 1999-July 1999 24,103
The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
July 1999-13 October 1999 0