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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 Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Departmental Press: Subscriptions

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

Annex A (magazines and journals) and annex B (newspapers) listing magazines, journals and newspapers subscribed to by the Department for Work and Pensions has been placed in the Library.Information on the cost of subscriptions in each of the last three years is set out in the following table.

£
Financial year Newspaper/magazine spend Periodical spend
2006-07 73,794.25 134,642.74
2007-08 56,364.35 138,063.72
2008-09 42,389.51 167,444.62

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
494 c1026W; 280762
Session
2008-09
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2009-1782
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Department for Work and Pensions Press Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk