HC Deb 31 March 2004 vol 419 cc1486-7W
Patrick Mercer

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the target audience is of Sanctuary magazine; and what its circulation is. [163545]

Mr. Caplin

Sanctuary Magazine exists to communicate and promote the Ministry of Defence's conservation policy, with the target audience being MOD staff who need to be aware of the broad conservation agenda (including MOD Conservation Groups); external bodies with a need to know about MOD's conservation efforts; and targeted to members of the general public who may wish to be made aware of our conservation challenges and the work MOD does to address them.

25,000 copies of the 2003 edition of Sanctuary were printed. 50 per cent. were distributed internally within MOD and 50 per cent. were distributed to a range of external stakeholders (including members of both Houses) and members of the general public.