HC Deb 10 June 2002 vol 386 cc1041-2W
Pete Wishart

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many press releases have been issued by her Department in each month of 2002. [59484]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The following table shows the number of press releases issued each month this year to date:

Month Number of press releases
January 21
February 19
March 22
April 20
May 20

The above press releases can be accessed via the Department's website, www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/newslist.

Pete Wishart

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many press releases were issued by her Department(a) in each month between May and December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive. [59483]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

Table A shows the number of press releases issued between May and December in 1997

Table A
Month Number of press releases
May 36
June 41
July 71
August 22

Table A
Month Number of press releases
September 35
October 43
November 49
December 41
Total 338

Table B shows number of press releases issued each year from 1998 to 2001.

Table B
Date/Year Number of press releases
1998 598
1999 605
2000 538
2001 395

All press releases dating from 1998 can be accessed via the Department's website, www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/newslist. Press releases dating before 1998 can be accessed via the Central Office of Information (COI) website, www.newsrelease-archive.net/coi/departments.

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