The purchase of newspaper, magazines and other publications is recorded under the general heading of books and newspapers. DCSF is unable to separately identify subscriptions as such expenditure is recorded under this general heading.
Details of expenditure on books, newspapers and magazines incurred by the Department in each of the last 24 months and recorded in the Departments’ integrated financial information system are as follows;
£ July 2006 11,249.72 August 2006 13,806.66 September 2006 9,054.94 October 2006 19,464.11 November 2006 9,057.42 December 2006 12,771.95 January 2007 4,869.95 February 2007 14,378.02 March 2007 12,272.65 April 2007 8,132.53 May 2007 13,214.94 June 2007 7,860.48 July 2007 15,304.11 August 2007 8,021.07 September 2007 15,902.31 October 2007 20,640.38 November 2007 5,173.04 December 2007 5,990.21 January 2008 4,435.82 February 2008 9,234.69 March 2008 14,104.81 April 2008 12,360.97 May 2008 3,725.66 June 2008 4,777.65
DCSF was established under Machinery of Government changes on 28 June 2007. The response also covers those areas of responsibility held by its predecessor the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).