HC Deb 23 July 2004 vol 424 c767W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 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 cost and (b) sales revenue were. [183879]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

The following were the number of copies issued by TSO (The Stationery Office Ltd.) for the years 1998–2004. The number of copies supplied to DfES/DfEE for their own use is also provided for your information please note these are in addition to the copies TSO have issued.

Edition Copies issued by

TSO

Copies supplied to

DfES/DfEE

1998 894 2,110
1999 669 2,189
2000 632 2,516
2001 641 1,004
2002 514 765
2003 471 654
2004 336 650

Costs of printing and publication are met directly by the publisher, TSO and do not fall to government.

In return the publisher retains the revenues which they earn from sales and which are aimed at ensuring recovery of their costs.

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