Written question asked by Mike Freer (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 October 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 October 2011. It was answered by Lord Garnier (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 October 2011 on behalf of the Attorney General.

Departmental Press: Subscriptions

Question: To ask the Attorney-General how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade profession magazines in 2010-11.

Answer

The information requested is contained in the following table.

Department	Recorded expenditure on newspapers, periodicals and trade profession magazines 2010-11 (£)
Crown Prosecution Service	131,809
Serious Fraud Office	42,563
Treasury Solicitor's Department¹	²6,435
¹ The TSol data also cover the Attorney-General's Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.
² Expenditure on periodicals and trade magazines is not recorded separately from that on law reports (which would not be classed as magazines). It is not possible to separately identify subscriptions to periodicals and trade profession magazines without incurring a disproportionate cost.

Secondary information