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Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Answer

Within the Ministry of Defence, the Directorate of Media and Communications provides press cuttings to those central sections of the Department requiring sight of the coverage given to defence issues in the local, national and international media. In order to properly communicate defence policy and the work of our armed forces and civilian personnel, it is vital that the Department gains a rapid awareness of such coverage.The provision of a press cuttings service is regularly reviewed to ensure the best value for money, both in terms of the number of recipients and the search terms used. These are kept to a minimum consistent with maintaining the appropriate level of awareness.The cost of press cuttings services purchased by the MOD press office is shown as follows. Figures given indicate the costs for each complete financial year over the period for which records are held and do not account for inflation.

FY	Cost of press cuttings services (£000)
2009-10	144
2008-09	127
2007-08	182
2006-07	¹166
2005-06	112
2004-05	111
¹ No figure is held for the month of April 2006. Total shown is for the remaining 11 months.
Note:
The figures given above exclude VAT and Newspaper Licensing Authority fees.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

28140; 520 c426W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Press Ministry of Defence Subscriptions

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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