House of Commons Commission written question – answered at on 6 December 2010.
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House of Commons service spent on press cuttings services in each year since 1997.
Payments by the House of Commons service for press cuttings services have been as follows.
Media and Communications Service:
For coverage of the work of select committees and the House in general.
£ | |
2007-08 | 8,502 |
2008-09 | 22,028 |
2009-10 | 63,649 |
2010-11 (to date) | 48,281 |
Some committees purchase a service with a wider remit to inform them of developments in their subject areas.
£ | |
2007-08 | 27,289 |
2008-09 | 25,646 |
2009-10 | 16,457 |
2010-11 (to date) | 8,301 |
Detailed financial records from which this information can be derived are not kept for earlier periods.
A reduction in this expenditure of £35,000 a year has been proposed by the Management Board as a contribution to the savings target set by the commission.
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