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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 John Penrose (Conservative) on Friday, 19 November 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 (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

The amounts spent by the Department on press cuttings in each of the last 12 months are set out in the table:

Month £ (including) VAT
2009
November 4,971.71
December 4,206.70
2010
January 4,573.44
February 4,616.97
March 5,098.15
April 4,096.20
May 3,895.16
June 3,561.71
July 3,932.62
August 4,118.80
September 3,912.98
October 4,193.94

These costs include copyright charges to the Newspaper Licensing Agency paid via our press cuttings service provider.The Department does not collate this information for its arm's length bodies. Accordingly, I have asked their chief executives to write to the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex.Copies of the replies will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
25494; 518 c969-70W
Session
2010-12
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2010-2372
Friday, 19 November 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Press Department for Culture, Media and Sport Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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