To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much the hardback book “Post, Present and Future”, produced by Postwatch in September 2008, cost to produce and distribute. (225980)

[holding answer 13 October 2008]: The costs of producing and distributing the hardback report, "Post, present and future", recently published by Postwatch, are as follows:

Production costs: £29,010

Distribution costs: £2,483

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what costs were incurred in the (a) production and (b) distribution by post of the Postwatch publication, “Post, Present and Future”. (226124)

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the cost was of (a) producing and (b) distributing the hardback report “Past, Present and Future” recently published by Postwatch. (225548)

The costs of producing and distributing the report, “Post, present and future”, recently published by Postwatch are as follows:

Production costs: £29,010

Distribution costs: £2,483