HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 cc1226-8W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will list the magazines and periodicals subscribed to by her Department, stating for each subscription the(a) number of copies taken and (b) annual cost. [52824]

Mrs. Liddell

[holding answer 26 April 2002]: My Department subscribes to the following magazines and periodicals:

Title Average number of copies
Economist 2
European Voice 1
New Statesman 2
Press Gazette 1
Private Eye 2
PR Week 1
Scottish Field 1
The Week 1
Spectator 2

Some titles are cancelled during the recess and the numbers supplied may vary depending on the location of Ministers. The total cost of magazines and periodicals in 2001–02 was £1,328.

Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will list the newspapers subscribed to(a) Monday to Saturday and (b) on Sunday by her Department, stating for each subscription (i) the number of copies taken, and (ii) the annual cost. [52823]

Mrs. Liddell

[holding answer 26 April 2002]: My Department subscribes to the following newspapers:

Newspaper Average number of copies
Aberdeen Press and Journal 2
Business AM 2
Daily Express 3
Daily Mail 4
Daily Mirror 3
Daily Record 5
Daily Star 2
Daily Telegraph 4
Dundee Courier 1
Evening News 1
Evening Standard 2
Evening Times 2
Financial Times 4
Guardian 4
Herald 5
Independent 4
Le Monde 1
Scotsman 5
Sun 4
Times 4
Tribune 1
West Highland Free Press 1
Sunday newspapers
Independent on Sunday 2
Mail on Sunday 2
News of the World 1
Observer 2
Sunday Express 2
Sunday Herald 4
Sunday Mail 3
Sunday Mirror 1
Sunday Post 3
Scotland on Sunday 4
Sunday Telegraph 2
Sunday Times 2

Some newspapers are cancelled during the recess and the numbers supplied vary depending on the location of Ministers. The total cost of newspapers in 2001–02 was £11,640.