To ask the Secretary of State for Health to which periodicals his Department subscribes. (153079)

The Department’s library service is responsible for central purchasing of periodicals for library use and for retention by individual units using a journals supplier within a framework contract for Government Departments.

Tables showing periodicals which the Department subscribes to in 2007 have been placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by his Department on newspapers and magazines in the last 12 months. (153080)

The Department spent £81,134 on newspapers and magazines in the last 12 months.