§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the magazines and periodicals subscribed to by his Department, stating for each subscription (i) the number of copies taken, and (ii) the annual cost. [52834]
§ Dr. Whitehead[holding answer 26 April 2002]: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries of the House. Weekly newspapers and tabloid-format periodicals that have the appearance of newspapers have been classed as "periodicals" and included in this answer. The information on annual cost is given only for the aggregate of central magazine and periodical procurement in the Department since reasons of commercial confidentiality preclude the release of such information by publication. The information relates solely to central procurement in the central Department and does not include purchases made by the Department's agencies and NDPBs, nor purchases made from local budgets for which no data are collected centrally.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the newspapers subscribed to(a) Monday to Saturday and (b) on Sunday by his Department, stating for each subscription (i) the number of copies taken, and (ii) the annual cost. [52833]
§ Dr. Whitehead[holding answer 26 April 2002]: The information is contained in the table. Weekly newspapers and tabloid-format periodicals that have the appearance of newspapers have been classed as "periodicals" and accounted for in the answer above (52834). The information on annual cost is given only for the aggregate of central newspaper procurement in the Department since reasons of commercial confidentiality preclude the release of such information by publication. The information relates solely to central procurement in the central Department and does not include purchases made by the Department's agencies and NDPBs, nor purchases made from local budgets for which no data are collected centrally. 557W
Newspapers titles £ Monday to Saturday titles Numbers of copies Daily Mail (Monday to Friday) 13 Daily Mail (Saturday) 1 Daily Mirror (Monday to Friday) 13 Daily Mirror on Saturday 1 Daily Star (Monday to Friday) 4 Daily Star (Saturday) 1 Daily Telegraph (Monday to Friday) 18 Daily Telegraph (Saturday) 4 Die Welt (Monday to Saturday) 1 Evening Standard (City Prices Edition) 18 Evening Standard (Late Prices Edition) 17 Evening Standard (News Extra Edition) 21 Evening Standard (West End Final Edition) 29 Financial Times (Monday to Friday) 47 Financial Times (Thursday) 1 Financial Times (Weekend) 8 Glasgow Herald (Monday to Friday) 1 Guardian (Monday to Friday) 19 Guardian (Saturday) 4 Independent (Monday to Friday) 20 Independent (Saturday) 4 Irish Times (Monday to Friday) 1 Le Figaro (Monday to Friday) 1 Le Monde (Monday to Friday) 1 Le Monde (Monday to Saturday) 5 Le Point 1 Lloyds List 11 Scotsman (Monday to Friday) 1 Sun (Monday to Friday) 12 Sun (Saturday) 1 The Express (Monday to Friday) 11 The Express on Saturday 1 Times (Monday to Friday) 29 Times (Saturday) 4 Total cost 38,250 Sunday titles Express on Sunday 1 Independent on Sunday 5 Mail on Sunday 1 News of The World 1 Observer 5 Sunday Mirror 1 Sunday People 1 Sunday Telegraph 5 Sunday Times 5 The Business 5 Total cost 1,300