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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 Simon Burns (Conservative) on Monday, 11 October 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade profession magazines in each year since 1997.
Answer

The Department's library service is responsible for central purchasing of newspapers, magazines and periodicals for library use and for retention by individual units. Total expenditure for the financial years 1997-08 to 2009-10 was:

Financial year £
1997-98 415,890
1998-99 423,560
1999-2000 419,490
2000-01 423,160
2001-02 469,880
2002-03 356,510
2003-04 350,036
2004-05 380,025
2005-06 395,148
2006-07 350,930
2007-08 317,386
2008-09 298,022
2009-10 249,152

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
16226; 516 c76W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Press Department of Health Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk