HC Deb 28 January 2002 vol 379 cc21-2W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each of the last four years. [30088]

Dr. Moonie

Expenditure on commercial and HMSO publications, including newspapers and periodicals, by the Ministry of Defence in each of the last four years was as follows:

Financial year £ million
1997–8 6,910,298.74
1998–99 8,204,787.64
1999–2000 7,499,237.00
2000–01 9,830,204.18