Department for International Development: Newspaper Press
(asked on 24th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on purchasing (a) national newspapers and (b) newspaper online subscriptions since 2016; and how many copies of each national newspaper were purchased in that time period.
As of 2 September 2019, DFID has spent an estimated £47,000 since the start of financial year 2016/17 on newspaper subscriptions (both physical and online). Broken down by year:
Financial year | Estimated spend |
2016/17 | £12,000 |
2017/18 | £12,500 |
2018/19 | £17,000 |
2019/20 | £5,500 |
These figures are estimates because the costs of some newspaper subscriptions are combined with magazine subscriptions and cannot be disaggregated.
Information on the total spent specifically on online subscriptions and the number of each individual newspaper procured is not held centrally and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.