§ Mr. MealeTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many publications his Department has issued over the past three years; and what the print run distributed was in each case; [186174]
(2) how much the Department spent on departmental publications in the past three years. [186172]
§ Maria EagleThe Department and its customer-facing businesses produce a wide range of publications, ranging from reports to Parliament, other official documents and research reports through to booklets and leaflets designed to inform the citizen of their rights and responsibilities.
The detailed information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many departmental publications are in storage; and where they are located. [183867]
§ Jane KennedyThe Department for Work and Pensions had 420 publication titles and a total of 7,307,933 copies in storage at its five main stores on 13 July 2004. Our main stores are a mix of departmental and contractor stores. The two main departmental stores are at Heywood and Beacon Road, Norcross. The three contractor stores are Meads at Nottingham, Belmont Press at Northampton and Astron at Chadderton. Retention and storage of materials at436W commercial stores are a matter for the Publisher who may rely on the use of on-demand printing facilities to meet the Department's demand.
In addition small buffer stocks of leaflets and guidance material for our customers are held at about 1,800 offices across our national network.
A small number of leaflets, associated with major advertising campaigns, are also held for the duration of the campaign by companies who operate campaign response mechanisms for the public.