Departmental Annual Report

HC Deb 25 June 2002 vol 387 cc741-2W

Nick Harvey

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 three years; and if she will provide a breakdown of the costs incurred. [63348]

Dr. Howells

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

Annual report costs 2000–02
	2000	2001	2002
Design, typesetting, pdfs	40,212	45,144	56,105
Print (buy back of copies from The Stationery Office)	18,310	24,648	125.000
Proofreading	648	533	570
Total	59,170	70,325	81,675
1 Estimated print costs.

Note:

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