§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many copies of her 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. [183888]
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§ Ms HewittThe cost incurred by the Department for producing the Departmental Reports is limited to the design and artwork, and, since 1999, the costs incurred in placing an electronic version of the report on the Departmental website. Other costs of printing and publication are met directly by the publisher, TSO (The Stationery Office Limited), which recoups these costs through sales. TSO uses its commercial judgement as to the number of copies printed.
Total sales revenue is impacted by the number of copies sold at a discount, and is a commercial matter for TSO, but TSO has confirmed that the total numbers of copies sold are:
Year Number Sold 1997 not avail. 1998 1,346 1999 1,219 2000 1,244 2001 1,145 2002 1,085 2003 1,000 2004 7651 1to date (mid July) The number of hard copies ordered is reducing as recipients are being encouraged to use the web-based electronic version of the Report.