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Northern Ireland Roads Service Magazine

Answer

The Chief Executive of Roads Service (Dr. Malcolm McKibbin) has been asked to write to my hon. Friend in response to this question.Letter from Malcolm McKibbin, dated 7 June 2006:"You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question regarding what the cost of (a) publication and (b) distribution was of the Northern Ireland Roads Service magazine, The Link: Investing in the Road Network of 30th May; and how many copies were printed.""As this issue falls within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Roads Service, I have been asked to reply.""Roads Service recently produced a 32-page information supplement called ‘The Link’ on the M1/Westlink scheme. This is one of the largest and most high profile schemes ever undertaken by Roads Service and has attracted a huge level of public interest and an equally high level of demand from the media for information about the scheme. The supplement was distributed to homes across Northern Ireland in late May, through the 3 main newspapers.""Road Service produced the supplement in house with the assistance of the Departmental Graphic Design Unit and Press Office, and the only costs incurred were for printing and insertion into the three main local daily papers. Some 206,000 copies were printed at a cost of £50,118, and associated distribution costs were approximately £8,500, which equates to just over 28 pence per copy.""The supplement was a significant publication and forms part of our communication strategy to provide information to the public on this £104 million scheme."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

447 c690W; 75509

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Publications Roads Service

Link

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