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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many copies of her Department's, and predecessor Department's annual report were printed in each year since 1997; how many were sold in each year; and what the (a) publication costs and (b) sales revenue were. [183842] Alun Michael: Defra does not have the information on how many copies were printed as the departmental report is published by The Stationery Office Ltd. which determines the print quantities, based on a commercial judgment, and receives all revenues. Defra is responsible for the design, editorial, typesetting and proofing of the document and the cost for these items since the formation of the department in 2001 are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 2002 17,512 2003 15,200 2004 16,993 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The report is available, free of charge, on the Department's website.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

183842; 424 c240W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

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

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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