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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Monday, 15 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 June 2009. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to which (a) magazines, (b) journals and (c) newspapers his Department subscribes; and what the cost of such subscriptions has been in each of the last three years.
Answer

The information in the following table represents expenditure incurred by the Department on subscriptions for hard copy and online magazines, newspapers, books and other publications, access to specific research databases, the Stationery Office and other parliamentary information sources as well as legal online and hard copy updating services.

£
2006-07 160,368
2007-08 175,666
2008-09 200,707
Notes:
1. All figures given to nearest whole figure.
2. The 2008-09 figures have yet to be audited and are therefore subject to change.

The way our financial information has been recorded does not allow us to disaggregate newspapers, magazines and journals from the overall expenditure. To provide a list of individual titles to which the Department subscribes would incur a disproportionate cost in excess of £750.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
494 c950W; 280763
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Press Department for Culture, Media and Sport Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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