§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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. [183889]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe Stationery Office has provided the following information:
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Number of NIO annual reports issued 19971 — 19981 — 19991 — 2000 519 2001 558 2002 494 2003 443 20042 321
1The Northern Ireland Office has only produced a published version of its annual report since 2000. Prior to that the NIO was one of a number of contributors to the Northern Ireland Departmental Report, an annually published report produced by the Department of Finance and Personnel (NI), which set out the work and expenditure of all the different Departments in Northern Ireland. 2The 2004 report became available for purchase only on 7 May 2004 so final details of costs and sales arc not to hand. Figures shown are the latest available.