§ Dr. CableTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many copies of his Department's, and predecessor 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. [1838411]
§ Phil HopeThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and its executive agencies were created on 29 May 2002. Both Annual Reports issued since this date have been published by The Stationery Office (TSO Ltd.). The number of copies they printed and sold, and the revenue they made is commercial in confidence and hence the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not know these details.
The costs to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister—and its principal predecessor Departments—for the past four financial years are set out as follows. Given Departmental changes, the costs of publication for the years 1997–2000 could be identified only at disproportionate cost.
The Department for Environment, Transport and Regions Annual Report cost circa £52,000 in 2000–01;The Department for Transport, Local Government and Regions's Annual Report cost circa £38,000 in 2001–02; andthe first annual report for the Office of the Deputy prime Minister, publishing in May 2003, cost circa £17,000;the second annual report for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, publishing in April 2004, cost circa £49,000.