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Written question asked by Andrew Griffiths (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 October 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 October 2010. It was answered by John Penrose (Conservative) on Monday, 18 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 much his Department spent on newspapers and magazines in each year between 1997-98 and 2005-06.
Answer

The information set out in the table shows expenditure incurred by the Department on subscriptions for hard copy and online magazines, newspapers, books and other publications, access to specific research databases, the Stationery Office and other parliamentary information sources as well as legal online and hard copy updating services.Due to the way information has been collated we are unable to disaggregate the cost of newspapers and magazines from the overall expenditure, for the timeframe requested, without incurring a disproportionate cost.

Financial year Cost (£)
2005-06 149,032.92
2004-05 160,896.15
2003-04 133,119.30
2002-03 173,411.08
2001-02 131,096.02
2000-01 122,884.86
1999-2000 114,658.81
1998-99 86,627.81
1997-98 95,412.71

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
17702; 516 c420W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Press Department for Culture, Media and Sport Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk