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To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the annual payment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Newspaper Licensing Agency in each of the past 10 years. [HL5201]
Defra was created in 2001. The following payments have been made to the NLA for licensing agreements for core Defra and Defra agencies since that date:
Year Total Cost including VAT £ 2009 147,293.51 2008 183,829.38 2007 178,777.15 2006 170,458.95 2005 164,178.46 2004 54,678.12 2003 10,746.66 2002 6,961.88 2001 42,774.79
Costs have risen as distribution of cuttings has moved away from a hard copy service to electronic distribution with a wider circulation. NLA costs for electronic distribution are based on headcount rather than per hard copy. In addition, the number of agencies and NDPBs that are included in the NLA licensing arrangements as part of the Defra family have increased since Defra's inception in 2001.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the annual payment from each Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs agency to the Newspaper Licensing Agency in each of the past 10 years. [HL5202]
Most Defra agencies and NDPBs are covered by the central NLA agreement. I refer the noble Lord to my Answer to HL5201. Figures are not held centrally for NLA payments made by Defra agencies outside of the central agreement. To gather this information would incur disproportionate cost.