§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 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. [34203]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisIt is not possible to list each new publication issued by the Department since 1997 without disproportionate expense. Within the Department's advertising and publicity budget, the total spend on publications since April 1997 is £8 million, broken down as follows:
£million 1997–98 2.1 1997–99 0.8 1999–2000 2.8 2000–01 2.3 The figures do not include spending by the Department's agencies.