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 Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Monday, 22 November 2010 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 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 expenditure on press cuttings by the Department of Energy and Climate Change and its NDPBs is as follows:

£
	Department of Energy and Climate Change	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority	The Committee on Climate Change¹	Civil Nuclear Police Authority	Coal Authority
2009
October	—	—	1,656.52	—	—
November	6,552.56	558.90	1,700.17	821.03	819.55
December	10,047.69	558.90	2,737.52	2,847.00	724.75
2010
January	5,544.97	558.90	819.43	1,496.00	622.60
February	5,151.30	558.90	749.50	1,781.00	610.45
March	8,063.60	558.90	761.87	1,886.00	923.35
April	7,242.89	558.90	433.22	1,678.00	647.95
May	8,583.30	558.90	499.54	1,898.00	537.65
June	7,847.25	558.90	426.06	2,519.00	642.95
July	8,601.12	558.90	489.95	2,118.00	773.75
August	5,037.30	558.90	366.35	1,894.00	774.40
September	²3,268.15	558.90	597.71	1,861.00	598.00
October	²3,836.93	558.90	—	1,941.00	747.45
¹ The October 2010 data for the Committee on Climate Change is not available yet. ² As the most recent two months indicate, DECC has substantially reduced the scope of, and therefore made substantial savings on, its press cuttings service.

Secondary information