HC Deb 20 January 2003 vol 398 cc117-8W
Norman Lamb

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much producing his Department's latest Annual Report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge. [90883]

Mr. Lammy

The total cost to the Department of producing the 2002–03 Departmental Report was £31,668. This included £21,185 for design, typesetting and artwork and a further £10,483 for the cost of the copies ordered by the Department. However The Stationery Office (TSO) met all the remaining costs for printing and publication.

This year over 1,000 copies of the 2002–03 Departmental Report were printed.

TSO have indicated that so far 395 have been sold at the cover price of £19.50. A total of over 670 copies were provided free of charge.

The report is also freely available on the internet at www.doh.gov.uk/dohreport.