§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the period 2 May 1997 to 29 February 2000, what was(a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases. [113977]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 10 March 2000]: As far as I am aware couriers have not been used, by MAFF, to distribute news releases.
§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the(a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2 May 1997 to 29 February 2000. [113989]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 10 March 2000]: News releases are made available to all press and media bodies through the Central Office of Information (COI) managed News Distribution Service and the interne, and until recently via the Royal Mail postal service.
I will write to the hon. Member with a list of all those we believe have received news releases.