Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Monday, 23 October 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 October 2000. It was answered by Lord Wills (Labour) on Monday, 30 October 2000 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the cost was to his Department of the publication and distribution of circulars and consultation documents in (a) 1997-98 (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000. - Inc fact that details of the costs of production not available.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the cost was to his Department of the publication and distribution of circulars and consultation documents in (a) 1997-98 (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000. [134711] Mr. Wills: Full information in the form requested is not available. Details of the costs of production of such materials are not specifically categorised as circulars or consultations by the Department and are therefore not collected centrally. Instead information on marketing and publicity products is recorded for each particular marketing campaign and broken down by the type of media employed to deliver the information.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 355 c287W; 134711
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Costs Government departments Publications Publicity Marketing Department for Education and Employment Consultation papers Circulars
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