HC Deb 23 April 2002 vol 384 cc129-30W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department spent on information literature, advertising and campaign material in the financial years(a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97, (c) 1997–98, (d) 1998–99, (e) 1999–2000 and (f) 2000–01; and if she will make a statement. [12272]

Mr. Morley

The Department has no information relating to the years in the question, as DEFRA was created in June 2001.

Undertaking a retrospective analysis using the resources of the predecessor Departments and policy divisions would incur disproportionate costs and the resulting information could not be regarded as reliable or specific to questions about DEFRA expenditure.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the publications issued by her Department in each of the last four years; and what the(a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) purpose of each was. [34204]

(b) chartered accountants in (i) Scotland and (ii) England and Wales were registered with their professional bodies for the purposes of conducting investment business under the Financial Services Act 1986 in (A) 1986, (B) 1990, (C) 1995 and (D) 2000. [51970]

Ruth Kelly

The number of firms certified by their recognised professional bodies are as follows:

Mr. Morley

As DEFRA was created in June 2001, retrospective annual data analysis is not available. Our records show that 491 publications were commissioned and produced by DEFRA at a total cost of £1,038,469.

Print production records are held by product/job code, not by publication title; to extract and tabulate these by title, would result in a disproportionate cost.

Circulation figures are between 500 and 180,000 depending on the target audience.

Postage expenditure for DEFRA, which is additional to production and distribution, was £831,049.

The purpose of these publications is to raise public awareness and to convey information to specific target audiences and stakeholder groups. They may have Government statutory significance, be an EU directive or provide guidance on one of the diverse range of subjects covered by DEFRA's ministerial responsibilities.