Written question asked by Mike Freer (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 October 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 October 2012. It was answered by David Lidington (Conservative) on Monday, 5 November 2012 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months.

[125724]

Answer

In 2011-12, total global spend recorded for Publications and Library and Information Services was £1.9 million, a 14% reduction on the cost of £2.2 million

in 2010-11, a figure which I gave on 25 October 2011, Official Report, column 181W. These amounts cover spend across all the UK's 261 embassies and diplomatic posts overseas, as well as all the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Departments in London. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has partly achieved savings by working with other Government Departments to obtain best value when purchasing these goods and services.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 125724; 552 cc454-5W
Session: 2012-13
Subjects: Press Foreign and Commonwealth Office Subscriptions
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

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