HC Deb 27 October 1999 vol 336 c920W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list his Department's spending on official publications since May 1997. [93680]

Mr. Morley

Central expenditure on the production and printing of official publications, since May 1997 totals £1.5 million. Information about publications bought for official use and those produced for internal use only is not held centrally.

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [93854]

Mr. Morley

In house publication and newsletters produced for the staff in MAFF on a regular basis are as followsThe MAFF Bulletin; the Department's staff magazine having been published monthly from April 1957 to August 1999. It has now been replaced by a new monthly magazine called "Landscape". Infrastructure Support and Information Services (ISIS); a newsletter produced by the Departments Information and Technology Division and has been published on a bi-monthly basis for the last four years. LIT (Library, Information and Translations) UPDATE; a quarterly newsletter produced by the Departments Library and Translation Service. It was first published four years ago. Building and Estates Management (BEMD) Newsletters. Published periodically since June 1996. IIP (Investors in People) Newsletter. A monthly newsletter first published in December 1998. FINRAB"; a newsletter from the Finance Planning and Resources Group commenced publication in August 1999 on a monthly basis. Offices Notices; these inform staff about operational matters and have been published in a weekly journal since April 1985. Prior to that date notices were circulated individually. Not included are numerous other publications produced on a one off basis.