Correspondence
(asked on 16th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the annual cost to his Department of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 4th August 2014
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) estimates a cost of 18.9p for each Ministerial reply based on stationery costs.
In 2013, MOD Ministers responded to 4,853 letters from hon. Members and Peers, the cost of which would have been just under £920.
As replies to Parliamentarians are delivered by hand to Parliament, there is no cost incurred for postage.