§ Dr. CableTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many copies of his 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. [183884]
§ Ruth KellyPublication of HM Treasury's Departmental Report is handled by The Stationery Office Ltd. (TSO), who are responsible for determining print runs and for selling copies of the report. Sales figures for the previous seven years are as follows:
Edition Copies issued by TSO 1998 589 1999 524 2000 484 2001 547 2002 465 2003 426 2004 306 Printing and publication costs for the Treasury Departmental Report are met by The Stationery Office Ltd. (TSO) and in recent years the document has been designed in-house by members of the Treasury's publishing unit.
For information on direct publication costs incurred by the Treasury in previous years, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given by the former Financial Secretary to the Treasury, the right hon. Member for Brent South (Mr. Boateng), to the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Mr. Beith) on 24 July 2002, Official Report, column 1190W.