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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 Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Monday, 22 November 2010 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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

Information on local newspapers to which the Department had a subscription provided via the Library and Information Service between June 2007 and May 2010 is set out in the following table.

Title Start of subscription Cost (£)¹
Evening Standard — 7,623.00
Birmingham Post — 293.70
Croydon Advertiser — 40.50
Daily Record (Scotland) — 391.15
Llanelli Star — 63.96
Scotland on Sunday — 120.10
Scotsman — 603.40
Sheffield Evening Star February 2007 936.00
Sheffield Telegraph February 2007 132.60
South London Press — 168.00
South Wales Evening Post — 381.60
Sunday Post (Scotland) — 144.00
Swansea Herald — 35.36
Western Mail — 146.99
Wrexham Evening Leader — 865.80
Yorkshire Post — 148.82
Total: — 12,094.98
¹ June 2007 to May 2010

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24426; 519 c57W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Department for Work and Pensions Press Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk