§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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. [183890]
§ Mr. CaplinThe Ministry of Defence's Annual Report (and Accounts') is published by The Stationery Office (TSO). The numbers sold by TSO in each year are shown in the table.
1 2002–03 and 2003–04 only. Prior to 2002-03, the Annual Report was published separately from the Consolidated Departmental Resource Accounts.
Number of Report copies sold Total1 To MOD2 1996–97 1,200 520 1997–98 914 510 1998–99 1,117 600 1999–2000 1,287 800 2000–01 1,126 650 2001–02 1,113 450 2002–03 1,153 650 2003–04 3— 3— 1 To date. 2 At time of publication. (MOD subsequently bought 100 further copies of the 2002–03 Annual Report and Accounts).
3 Still to publish. The costs of printing and publishing MOD's Reports are not met by the Department but fall to TSO, with TSO retaining the revenues earned from sales.
Reports going back to 1998–99 are available on: www.mod.uk