Written question asked by Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 November 2010. It was answered by Justine Greening (Conservative) on Thursday, 9 December 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible spent on press cuttings services in each of the last 12 months.

Answer

Treasury spending on press cuttings over the last 12 months is shown in the following table.

Month (invoice date for services provided in the preceding month)	Amount (£000)
December 2009	24
January 2010	23
February 2010	22
March 2010	25
April 2010	34
May 2010	11
June 2010	24
July 2010	16
August 2010	17
September 2010	12
October 2010	16
November 2010	18

The Treasury's non-departmental public body, the Royal Mint Advisory Committee, did not incur any spending on press cutting services.

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