Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Magazine Press
(asked on 28th February 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for and (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
Budgets are not allocated to this level of detail. The annual Library budget allocation does not provide specific allocation to magazine subscription. The overall budget allocation covers magazines, (e-)books, print and online journals, document delivery, memberships, news coverage, analytical/economic tools and reference/full text databases.
The allocated library budget and spend on magazines and journals over the last three years since 2021/22 is outlined below.
Financial Year | Total Library budget | Spend on magazine and journals |
2021/22 | £780,000 | £487,281.54 |
2022/23 | £1,043,000 | £412,074.32 |
2023/24 | £1,247,000 | £538,098.20 |
Defra Library purchases magazines and journals for Defra, Animal and Plant Health Agency and Natural England staff to support them in their role.