Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how much funding her Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) paid subscriptions to magazines provide AGO officials with a valuable resource of public discourse on topics relevant to the Department.
The AGO’s allocated budget and spend on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years is set out in the table below.
Please note that figures for the allocated budget include magazine and other subscriptions (e.g., newspapers and online journals), whereas spend is for magazine subscriptions only.
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
Allocated budget | £8,000.00 | £8,000.00 | £8,000.00 |
Spend on magazine subscriptions | £152.50 | £145.00 | £145.00 |
Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Fay Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
Nothing. The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) has not allocated or spent any money on subscriptions to magazines in the last three financial years.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals his Department subscribed to in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Fay Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) subscribed to the following newspapers, magazines and online journals in the last three financial years.
Financial Year | Subscription |
2021-22 | The Times, The Financial Times, The Telegraph and The Western Mail. |
2022-23 | The Times, The Financial Times, The Telegraph and GOLWG |
2023-24 to date | The Times, The Financial Times, The Telegraph, GOLWG and The Spectator |
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals his Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
In the financial year 2021/2022, the Ministry of Justice Press Office subscribed to (a) The Times and Telegraph online newspapers, (b) No magazines and (c) No online journals.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Ministry of Justice Press Office subscribed to (a) The Times and Telegraph online newspapers, (b) No magazines and (c) No online journals.
In the financial year 2023/2024, the Ministry of Justice Press Office subscribed to (a) The Times and Telegraph online newspapers; and a selection of physical newspapers delivered daily via a third party. Titles include: The Times, Daily Mail. Daily Telegraph, The Sun, Daily Mirror, Guardian, Daily Express and Financial Times as well as some Sunday editions of national newspapers. (b) No magazines and (c) No online journals.
This figure is for the Ministry of Justice Press Office team only.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals his Department subscribed to in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
(a) Newspapers
The Northern Ireland Office has subscribed to the following newspapers in the last three financial years: The Belfast Telegraph online; The Financial Times online and print; The Independent online; The Irish News online; The Irish Independent online; The Irish Times online; The Newsletter online; The Telegraph online and print; The Times print and online; The Guardian print; Daily Mail print; Daily Express print; The Sun print; Daily Mirror print.
(b) Magazines and (c) online journals
The Northern Ireland Office has not subscribed to any magazines or online journals in the last three financial years.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals his Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Alister Jack - Secretary of State for Scotland
The Scotland Office can confirm that it has had the following subscriptions in place over the last three financial years:
Press and Journal
The Courier
The Financial Times
The Herald
The Spectator
The Telegraph
The Times
The Scotsman
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of digital posts in his Department are vacant.
Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
The Northern Ireland Office communications team is made up of nine employees. There are no vacant digital posts.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of digital posts in his Department are vacant.
Answered by Alister Jack - Secretary of State for Scotland
The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland does not currently have any digital vacancies.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of digital posts in his Department are vacant.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
There are currently no vacant digital posts in the Wales Office.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of digital posts in her Department are vacant.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) does not have any Digital and Data (DDaT) posts.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the AGO’s shared IT service provider. The total number of vacant DDaT posts in the CPS is 32, 10.5% of DDaT posts in the CPS.
As part of the 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, all government departments made a commitment to reduce their digital and data vacancies to under 10% of total Government Digital and Data headcount by 2025. Overall good progress has been made, with total vacancies now at 15%.