§ Norman LambTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 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. [90880]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Department pays for the design and typesetting of its departmental Annual Report. The costs of printing are met by the publisher, The Stationery Office (TSO). The Department buys in copies from the TSO at a discount to distribute to Ministers, Ofsted, the Education and Skills Select Committee, DfES and House of Commons Libraries, senior managers and some of our partners and stakeholders.
At the time of this answer, 1,166 copies have been sold, including 750 purchased by the Department.
The cost to the Department of typesetting and design was £42,346 and buying in copies from ISO cost £16,773. The total cost to the Department was therefore £59,119.