HC Deb 19 July 2004 vol 424 cc46-7W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many copies of her Department"s annual report were printed in each year since 1997; how many were sold in each year; and what the(a) publication costs and (b) sales revenue were. [183877]

Mr. Caborn

The costs relating to DCMS annual reports since 1997 are set out in the table. Sales revenues are a matter for TSO and do not fall to the Department.

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Number of copies sold n/a 687 592 531 576 483 700 500
Number of copies printed n/a 1,600 1,600 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,500 1,500
Total — 55,464 71,142 59,170 70,325 281,449 63,744 57,000
1DCMS was responsible for the print for the 2003 and 2004 annual using TSO.
2 The costs for the 2002 annual report included the development of three years.