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 Grayling (Conservative) on Monday, 11 October 2010 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade profession magazines in each year since 2001.

Answer

Information on the amount spent in each financial year from 2001 onwards is set out in the following table.

£
Financial year	Newspaper/magazine spend	Periodical spend
2001-02	24,757.96	228,207.11
2002-03	¹—	314,328.85
2003-04	¹—	266,764.89
2004-05	54,298.68	164,068.43
2005-06	66,265.94	122,040.63
2006-07	73,794.25	134,642.74
2007-08	56,364.35	138,063.72
2008-09	33,215.84	97,927.92
2009-10	26,928.58	96,011.27
¹ Included in periodical spend.

Secondary information