Departmental Report

HC Deb 17 July 2002 vol 389 cc408-9W

Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and. Sport what the cost was of publishing her Department's annual report for each of the past five years. [70474]

Dr. Howells

The cost of publishing the Department's annual report for each of the past five years was as follows:

>Annual report costs 1998–2002
£
	Design, typesetting, pdfs etc,	Print1	Proof reading	Total
1998	38,664	16,800	—	55,464
1999	46,142	25,000	—	71,142
2000	40,212	18,310	648	59,170
2001	45,144	24,648	533	70,325
2002	56,105	24,774	570	81,449

¹Buy back copies from The Stationery Office.

The costs for 2002 include the development of a new design template which the Department plans to follow for the next two to three years.