Written question asked by Andrew Bingham (Conservative) on Monday, 13 September 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 September 2010. It was answered by John Penrose (Conservative) on Monday, 11 October 2010 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many different newspapers (a) were delivered to the Secretary of State's office between 5 June 2009 and 11 May 2010 and (b) have been delivered since 12 May 2010; how many copies of each newspaper were delivered on an average day in each period; and what the total cost of those newspapers was in each month in each period.

Answer

The cost for supplying 13 newspapers to the former Secretary of State from June 2009 to end of April 2010 is in the following table.

Month	Newspaper cost (£)
2009
June	175.50
July	¹887.67
August	0
September	125.25
October	130.75
November	126.65
December	90.90

2010
January	117.96
February	120.80
March	149.45
April	98.90
¹ July 2009 figure includes two one-off yearly subscriptions.

On his appointment in May 2010 the Secretary of State cancelled all paper deliveries to his office.

Secondary information