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Written question asked by Matt Hancock (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 November 2010. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Monday, 20 December 2010 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to which local newspapers his Department had a subscription between June 2007 and May 2010; on what date each such subscription started; and what the cost to the public purse was of such subscriptions.
Answer

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) does not hold the information in the format requested and to do so could be done only at disproportionate cost.Globally, the FCO has spent the following, per financial year, on newspaper and magazines.

£
2007-08 820,000
2008-09 382,000
2009-10 451,000
2010-11 (April and May) 59,944

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24430; 520 c957W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Press Foreign and Commonwealth Office Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk