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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 Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 14 December 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on press cuttings services in each year since its creation.
Answer

The cost of press cuttings services to the Department in each of the last eight years since its creation in 2002 is provided in the following table for the central Department and its seven Executive agencies.

£000
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
DFT(C) 170.0 164.3 155.7 243.1 252.8 267.3 191.3 187.7
DSA n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.5 21.4 5.0
DVLA 1.2 2.5 1.4 1.5 1.9 2.2 3.3 3.7
GCDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HA n/a n/a n/a 31.3 58.9 73.4 49.8 62.3
MCA 2.5 0 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 0
VCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VOSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

The 2009-10 cost of press cuttings services for the central Department includes £59,500 for regional (local) press cuttings outsourced by the Central Office of Information (COI). In previous years this service was provided in-house by the COI as part of their Government News Network regional service and itemised cost are not available. The years 2002-03 to 2008-09 do not therefore include the cost of regional press cuttings.The Driving Standards Agency and Highways Agency are unable to provide figures specifically for press cuttings services in earlier years.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
28150; 520 c642W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Department for Transport Press Subscriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk