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Written question asked by Robert Halfon (Conservative) on Monday, 29 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 December 2010. It was answered by Simon Burns (Conservative) on Monday, 6 December 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on press cuttings services in each year since 1997.
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 total amount the Department has spent on press cutting services (both national and regional cuttings) in each year since 2003-04 is provided in the following table:

Department of Health
Financial year¹ Spend on press cuttings² (£)
2003-04 102,771.22
2004-05 87,932.69
2005-06 157,749.99
2006-07 186,726.95
2007-08 130,126.92
2008-09 119,180.72
2009-10 133,055.81
¹ The legal requirement for the Department to hold financial data is seven years. We are therefore unable to provide any figures before 2003-04. ² The figures provided are all inclusive of VAT and are based on payment date, rather than invoice date.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
28143; 520 c79-81W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Press Department of Health Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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