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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 Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 6 December 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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 cost of press cuttings services to the Department for the 12 months from October 2009 to September 2010 is provided in the following table.

(a) Cost of press cuttings services to the Department for Transport
£
DFT Central Driving Standards Agency Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Highways Agency
2009
October 14,806.77 352.43 Nil 3,140.57
November 12,662.02 340.85 220.45 6,082.86
December 14,631.88 385.38 230.25 4,935.48
2010
January 14,574.21 352.89 673.60 6,133.48
February 12,538.01 412.28 205.75 3,894.38
March 14,620.17 652.46 144.50 3,754.39
April 13,990.25 471.66 161.65 2,233.25
May 11,824.49 438.89 Nil 2,032.17
June 9,246.44 406.01 Nil 1,776.34
July 10,197.06 527.96 Nil 3,848.82
August 9,000.15 557.35 Nil 4,202.87
September 9,240.35 778.29 Nil 1,616.89

The remaining executive agencies—the Government Car and Despatch Agency, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the Vehicle Certification Agency, and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency—have not procured press cuttings services in the 12 months from October 2009 to September 2010.(b) Cost of press cuttings services to the Department for Transport's non-departmental public bodies could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
25482; 520 c61-2W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Department for Transport Press Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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