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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Norman Lamb:: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much producing her Department's latest Annual Report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge. [90881] Alun Michael: The Defra Departmental Report 2002 cost Defra £17,512.00 plus VAT. This cost was for designing, typesetting and proofing the report. The printing of the document was handled by The Stationary Office Limited. They bore the full cost of printing and publishing of the document. Defra does not have information on how many copies were printed while the Stationary Office is not obliged to give us this information. I understand that the Stationary Office has sold 404 copies of Defra's Departmental Report. Defra has distributed 750 copies free of charge. The bulk of these have been made available to our staff, 25 sent to our International Relations and Export Division, 25 to the Forestry Commission and seven to the Office of Water Services.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

90881; 398 c435W;398 c433W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Costs Annual reports Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Government departments Publications Publishing

Link

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