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Publications

Answer

From May 2010 to 18 July 2012, DFID spent £138,718.80 on publications, of which £81,098.80 was spent on publications required by Parliament and statute, and £45,734 was on work commissioned prior to May 2010. Details of the publications that incurred these costs can be found in the following table:

Publications commissioned prior to May 2010
Type of spend	Publication title1	Cost (£)
Print + design	The politics of poverty: Elites, citizens and states—Finding from 10 years of DFID-funded research on government and fragile states 2001-10	8,417.00
Print + design	Congo 50 and beyond	37,317.00

Publications required by Parliament and statute
Type of spend	Publication title1	Cost (£)
Print	Aid Review Summary: UK aid: Changing Lives Delivering results + Bilateral Aid Review: Country Summaries	5,327.00
Print + design	Humanitarian and Emergency Response Review Report	4,963.00
Print + design	Multilateral Aid Review Report	6,612.00
Print + design	DFID Resource Accounts 2009-10	11,996.00
Print + design	DFID in 2009-10 (Annual Report in response to International Development Act)	14,290.00
Print + design	Humanitarian Emergency Response Review: UK Government Response	2,444.00
Print + design	Annual Report and Accounts 2011 Volumes I and II	18,528.00
Print + design	DFID Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12	16,938.80

All other DFID publications
Type of spend	Publication title1	Cost (£)
Print	Country Programme Evaluation Mozambique	2,270.00
Print	Joint Donor (DFID/lrish Aid) Country Programme Evaluation Tanzania	3,516.00
Web conversion	Sharing the Benefits of Trade—DFID's Aid for Trade Portfolio Monitoring and Evaluation Framework	210.00
Design	The Engine of Development: The private sector and prosperity for poor people	4,190.00
Print + design	Supporting a healthy environment: A fresh approach to our work on the environment2	1,700.00
1 Full documents available at: www.dfid.gov.uk 2 Includes cost of designing a reusable template to allow staff to produce further publications at zero additional cost.

Where possible, DFID issues its publications at low or zero additional cost and in electronic format only. DFID overseas offices may have produced some additional publications in country. This information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

DFID has not released any circulars since May 2010.

Since May 2010 DFID has issued 12 consultation documents. Information on the cost incurred is not held centrally and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

117908; 549 cc91-2W

Session

2012-13

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Subjects

Department for International Development Publications Public consultation Circulars

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk