§ Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will calculate(a) how many and (b) at what total cost circulars were issued by her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [33381]
§ Mr. MorleyDEFRA was created in June 2001. Obtaining information prior to this date would incur disproportionate cost.
Records show that up to the end of the 2001 financial year the departmental publicity and publications section produced 418 circulars/information documents, 225 forms targeted at the farming community and ancillary organisations and 38 consultation papers. The total cost of this was £2,012,886 of which £831,049 covered the cost of delivery of these items by mail.