§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the newspapers subscribed to(a) Monday to Saturday and (b) on Sunday by his Department, stating for each subscription (i) the number of copies taken, and (ii) the annual cost. [52837]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 26 April 2002]: Communication Directorate purchases newspapers for its use and for some other parts of the Home Office. The totals for these are shown in the tables.
Information is not held centrally on the purchase and cost of newspapers for the Department as a whole.
A breakdown of the newspaper subscriptions and the total expenditure on this basis could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
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Title Copies Unit price £ No. of days Total price £ (a)Monday to Saturday Financial Times Monday-Friday 2 0.90 19 34.20 Financial Times Saturday 1 1.00 5 5.00 Times Monday-Friday 2 0.40 20 16.00 Times Saturday 1 0.70 5 3.50 Daily Telegraph Monday-Friday 2 0.50 20 20.00 Daily Telegraph Saturday 1 0.85 5 4.25 Guardian Monday-Friday 2 0.50 20 20.00 Guardian Saturday 1 1.00 5 5.00 Independent Monday-Friday 2 0.50 20 20.00 Independent Saturday 1 0.90 5 4.50 Daily Mail Monday-Friday 2 0.40 20 16.00 Daily Mail Saturday 1 0.60 5 3.00 The Express Monday-Friday 2 0.35 20 14.00 The Express Saturday 1 0.50 5 2.50 Daily Mirror Monday-Friday 2 0.32 20 12.80 Daily Mirror Saturday 1 0.40 5 2.00 Sun Monday-Friday 2 0.30 20 12.00 Sun Saturday 1 0.40 5 2.00 Daily Star Monday-Friday 2 0.30 20 12.00 Daily Star Saturday 1 0.35 5 1.75 Jewish Chronicle Friday 1 0.60 4 2.40 New Statesman Thursday 1 3.95 1 3.95 Campaign 2 3.50 1 7.00 Marketing 2 2.40 3 14.40 PR Week 1 2.10 2 4.20 Marketing Week 1 2.40 3 7.20 Radio Times Tuesday 1 0.85 1 0.85 Economist 1 3.80 1 3.80 Press Gazette 1 2.00 2 4.00 Time Out Wednesday 1 3.60 1 3.60 Voice Weekly 1 0.78 4 3.12 Spectator 1 2.40 1 2.40 Police Review Friday 1 1.75 3 5.25 New Scientist Thursday 1 2.50 1 2.50 AG Railway Guide Janua 1 8.25 1 8.25 Private Eye Wednesday 1 1.50 2 3.00 Auto Express 1 1.50 4 6.00 MJ 1 2.75 2 5.50 Government Chronicle 1 3.40 3 10.20 Caribbean Times 1 0.50 3 1.50 Computer Weekly 1 2.10 2 4.20 Wired 1 3.99 1 3.99 Evening Standard 6 0.35 19 39.90 What Car 1 3.60 1 3.60 Monthly total 361.31 (b)Sundays Sunday Times 1 1.20 4 4.80 Observer 1 1.20 4 4.80 Sunday Telegraph 1 1.00 4 4.00 Independent on Sunday 1 1.20 4 4.80 Mail on Sunday 1 1.10 4 4.40 Sunday Express 1 1.00 4 4.00
Title Copies Unit price £ No. of days Total price £ News of the World 1 0.65 4 2.60 Sunday People 1 0.65 4 2.60 Sunday Mirror 1 0.65 4 2.60 Monthly total 34.60 Annual cost 415.20
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the magazines and periodicals subscribed to by his Department, stating for each subscription (i) the number of copies taken, and (ii) the annual cost. [52838]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 26 April 2002]Communication Directorate purchases magazines and periodicals for its use and for some other parts of the Home Office. The total for 2001–02 was £59,000.
Information is not held centrally on the purchase and cost of magazines and periodicals for the Department as a whole.
A breakdown of the subscriptions to magazines and periodicals and the total expenditure on this basis could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.