§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was of publishing his Department's annual report for each of the past five years. [70478]
§ Mr. MacShaneThe table shows the costs incurred by the FCO in publishing our annual departmental report; the figures do not include staff time which could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The table reflects only those costs that fall directly to the FCO, any other printing and publication costs are met directly by the publisher, The Stationery Office Ltd. (TSO), and do not fall to Government.
£ 2002–03 35,208 2001–02 24,314 2000–01 17,829 1999–2000 18,000 1998–99 20,114