Written question asked by Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 1 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 July 2010. It was answered by Lord Robathan (Conservative) on Thursday, 8 July 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Departmental Official Photographs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.

Answer: All official portrait photographs of the new Defence Ministers were taken by Ministry of Defence (MOD) photographers. These images were used to feature new Ministers on internal and external online communications. No additional costs were incurred in producing or distributing these digital images. Hard copy photographs were produced for display boards in MOD's main building using our in-house reprographics and graphics section. The costs of materials involved in producing these hard copy photographs was £72.

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