HC Deb 28 May 2004 vol 422 c254W
Norman Lamb

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge. [171141]

Yvette Cooper

The latest available figures are those for the 2003 Annual Report published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in May 2003.

704 copies of the 2003 Annual Report have been distributed in total. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister paid £16,400 for the design and production of the Report and the printing and distribution of 355 copies free of charge to MPs, various stakeholder groups and internally to officials within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. In addition the publisher, The Stationery Office Ltd. sold a further 349 copies.