To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on statistics relating to the work of his Department in each of the last five years. (107275)

There is no centrally held information on either the volume or costs of statistics published each year within the Department.

Estimates for the annual costs of National Statistics are contained in the relevant National Statistics Annual Report and Accounts, which are available on the National Statistics website at:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=1051

Copies are also available in the Library for the reference of Members. The last year these were produced was 2004-05.