§ Dr. CableTo 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 TwiggThe 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.