Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the estimated total cost to the public purse of publishing and distributing a commemorative book to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in Wales.
The published value of the contract, which is being funded by the department, is £12 million to develop, print and distribute sufficient books for all children in primary state funded education across the UK. Costs have not been broken down on a country by country basis. We are producing a near double-length bilingual book for Wales which will cost the UK government more to produce than single language versions.