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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 Simon Burns (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible usbspent on press cuttings services in each of the last 12 months.
Answer

The Department sources its national press cuttings service via a framework agreement used by various Government Departments. Daily cuttings from the national press have been provided by Precise Media since 1 July 2007.Prior to April 2010, regional press cuttings were sourced from Kantar Media Intelligence (formally known as TNS Media Intelligence) via a rolling agreement. Since April 2010, the regional press cuttings service has been provided by Precise Media.The amount the Department has spent on both national and regional cuttings for each of the 12 months is provided in the following table:

Department of Health Monthly expenditure on press cuttings Services¹ (£)
November 2009 16,591.42
December 2009 9,108.57
January 2010 9,837.85
February 2010 7,922.94
March 2010 15,809.35
April 2010 11,948.37
May 2010 10,093.69
June 2010 9,301.29
July 2010 8,509.91
August 2010 7,571.22
September 2010 6,912.60
October 2010 n/a
Total 113,607.23
n/a = not available
¹ All figures provided are exclusive of valued added tax (VAT) and are based on invoice date rather than payment date.

Information on the amount spent on press cuttings services incurred by non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
25488; 519 c249W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Press Department of Health Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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