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Written question asked by Mike Freer (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 September 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 October 2010. It was answered by Lord Benyon (Conservative) on Monday, 11 October 2010 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade profession magazines in each year since 2001.
Answer

The figures in the following table have been extracted from the Department's accounts under the headings 'Purchase of Publications' and 'Subscriptions to Publications' where possible. Figures include the purchase of books and subscriptions to relevant trade internet news services.Figures start from 2005 as to obtain them from 2001 would incur disproportionate cost.

£
2005-06 1,679,819.41
2006-07 1,411,988.31
2007-08 1,275,260.31
2008-09 1,311,449.05
2009-10 1,261,428.23

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
16232; 516 c27W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Press Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk