Grŵp Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol Health and Social Services Group

Our ref: ATISN 10049

18 January 2016

Dear ,

Thank you for your e-mail of 16 December to the Welsh Government, requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

ATISN 10049

You asked for the title, number of copies and respective cost of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals purchased since 2012.

The Welsh Government holds information in response to your request, and this is enclosed at Annex 1. Please note that I am only providing details of those publications to which we subscribe. There may be individual copies of journals, etc. that individuals or teams have purchased on a one-off basis. However, to identify these we would need to go through all transactions to identify what, if anything, was purchased. To identify and gather any such information would exceed the appropriate limit, as set out by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004, as we would require all Departments to go through all payment requests for the period, including T&S claims to identify if, and what purchases were made.

If you are dissatisfied with the Welsh Government’s handling of your request, you can ask for an internal review within 40 working days of the date of this response. Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Welsh Government’s Freedom of Information Officer at:

Information Rights Unit, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ. or Email: FreedomOfInformationOfficer@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Please remember to quote the ATISN reference number above.

Grŵp Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol  Health and Social Services Group E-bost  E-mail: Parc Cathays  Cathays Park Ffôn  Tel: Caerdydd  Cardiff  CF10 3NQ

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner, who can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.

Yours sincerely,

The expenditure detailed is based on the financial year for the Welsh Government which covers the period 1 April to 31 March.

2012-13

Newspapers

Daily Newspaper (Monday to No. of copies Annual Total Cost for Friday) purchased each Title per day Daily Post 11 £1573.00 Echo 8 £1144.00 Express 1 £143.00 Financial Times 9 £5850.00 Guardian 5 £1820.00 I (shortened version of the 2 £104.00 Independent newspaper) Independent 3 £936.00 Mail 1 £156.00 Mirror 1 £130.00 South Wales Argus 3 £390.00 Star 1 £91.00 Sun 1 £104.00 Telegraph 4 £1248.00 Times 6 £1560.00 Western Mail 33 £6006.00

Weekly Newspaper No. of copies Annual Total Cost for purchased each Title per week Brecon and Radnor 1 £28.60 Caernarfon and Denbigh 1 £42.64 County Times 1 £36.40 Daily Post (Saturday) 2 £72.80 Echo (Saturday) 3 £93.60 Holyhead and Anglesey Mail 1 £44.20 Mid Wales Journal 1 £26.00 Observer 1 £130.00 Rhondda Leader 1 £41.60 South Wales Argus 1 £26.00 Sunday Independent 1 £104.00 Sunday Telegraph 1 £104.00 Sunday Times 1 £130.00 Times Educational Supplement 12 £1130.54 Times Higher Educational 5 £650.83 Supplement Wales on Sunday 3 £171.60 Western Mail (Saturday) 1 £57.20

Magazines/Periodicals

Title of Magazine/Periodical No. of Annual Total Cost for subscriptions subscription for each Title .Net 1 £52.96 Agenda 1 £36.19 Agra Europe 1 £5427.26 Architects Journal 1 £160.38 Bank of England Inflation Report 1 £10.86 Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin 1 £27.92 Barn 1 £43.74 BRE Connect 1 £167.99 British Birds 1 £101.20 British Dental Journal 1 £686.23 British Wildlife 1 £26.83 Building 4 £546.00 Chemist and Druggist 1 £275.46 Children and Society 1 £495.04 Children and Young People Now 1 £252.72 Children in Europe 1 £30.36 Children in Scotland 1 £36.94 Civil Service World 1 £116.64 Coach and Bus Weekly 1 £101.20 Common Market Law Review 1 £534.96 Construction News 1 £173.99 Crime Prevention and Community 1 345.06 Safety Criminal Law and Justice Weekly 1 £329.50 Current Law Monthly Digests 1 £1195.56 Service C Dairy Markets Weekly 1 £2793.53 Druglink 1 £53.46 Economic Review 1 £33.09 Economics Package 1 £423.79 Economist 5 £635.04 Education Journal 1 £73.20 Education Law Monitor 1 £781.49 Education Law Reports 1 £286.74 Employers Law 1 £116.64 Ends Reports 1 £646.20 Environmental Science & 1 £1652.01 Technology ESTAL – European State Aid Law 1 £449.33 Quarterly Estates Gazette 1 £202.18 European Human Rights Law 1 £528.77 Review European Voice 1` £151.51 Evidence and Policy 1 £452.95 Family Law 1 £283.82 Farmers Guardian 2 £222.40 Farmers Weekly 5 £656.10 Financial Regulatory Briefing 1 £131.22 Fishing News 1 £122.20 Golwg 4 £310.65 Green Futures 1 £55.40 Harvard Business Review 1 £103.01 Health Service Journal 4 £835.92 Horticulture Week 1 £234.00 Inside Housing 1 £133.38 International Pest Control 1 £173.05 Journal of Adult Protection 1 £465.59 Journal of Community Care Law 1 £170.10 Journal of Environmental Law 1 £224.53 Journal of Planning and 1 £545.29 Environment Law Journal of Social Welfare and 1 £484.35 Family Law Legal Action 1 £185.65 Lingo Newydd 1 £24.29 Litigation Letter 1 £938.95 Local Government Chronicle 3 £726.09 Local Transport Today 1 £139.97 Management Services 1 £47.63 Medical Law Reports 1 £868.97 Modern Railways 1 £51.71 Municipal Journal 1 £136.08 National Institute Economic 1 £380.60 Review New Scientist 2 £392.68 New Transit 1 £102.21 New Welsh Review 1 £34.02 People Management 1 £102.06 Planet: Welsh Internationalist 1 £21.38 Planning 2 £231.34 Policy and Politics 1 £435.46 Professional Security 1 £55.66 Project Manager Today 1 £36.94 Property Week 2 £382.54 Public Finance 1 £97.20 Public Law 1 £346.03 Public Policy Research 1 £401.76 Rail 1 £85.92 Regional Studies Pack 1 £1580.28 Science 1 £830.61 Social Care Law Today 1 £170.10 Social Housing 1 £165.24 Solicitors Journal 1 £539.42 Statute Law Review 1 £258.40 WebDesigner 1 £60.56 Welsh Farmer 2 £19.44 Working Brief 1 £24.30 Y Cymro 2 £110.80

2013-14

Newspapers

Daily Newspaper (Monday to No. of copies Annual Total Cost for Friday) purchased each Title per day Daily Post 2 £312.00 Echo 9 £1404.00 Express 1 £143.00 Financial Times 8 £5200.00 Guardian 4 £1664.00 I (shortened version of the 2 £156.00 Independent newspaper) Independent 3 £1092.00 Mail 1 £156.00 Mirror 1 £143.00 South Wales Argus 3 £507.00 Sun 1 £104.00 Telegraph 4 £1456.00 Times 6 £1872.00 Western Mail 32 £6240.00

Weekly Newspaper No. of copies Annual Total Cost for purchased each Title per week Brecon and Radnor 1 £28.60 Caernarfon and Denbigh 1 £49.40 County Times 1 £39.00 Daily Post (Saturday) 1 £46.80 Echo (Saturday) 2 £78.00 Holyhead and Anglesey News 1 £49.40 Mid Wales Journal 1 £26.00 Observer 1 £140.40 Scotland on Sunday 1 £109.20 Sunday Independent 1 £114.40 Sunday Telegraph 1 £104.00 Sunday Times 1 £130.00 Times Educational Supplement 8 £735.34 Times Higher Educational 8 £1103.23 Supplement Wales on Sunday 2 £119.60

Magazines/Periodicals

Title of Magazine/Periodical No. of Annual Total Cost for subscriptions subscription for each Title Agenda 1 £34.02 Barn 1 £43.74 BRE Connect 1 £154.55 British Birds 1 £96.23 British Wildlife 1 £25.22 Building 1 £135.11 Chemist and Druggist 1 £275.46 Coach and Bus Week 1 £87.43 Construction News 1 £184.12 Criminal Law and Justice Weekly 1 £368.98 Economist 5 £757.01 ENDS Report 1 £637.63 Environmental Science and 1 £1678.04 Technology Estates Gazette and Directory 2 £437.40 European State Aid Law Quarterly 1 £558.65 Evidence and Policy 1 £458.78 Family Law 1 £300.34 Farmers Guardian 1 £109.18 Farmers Weekly 4 £524.88 Fishing News 1 £122.20 Golwg 4 £309.45 Harvard Business Review 1 £109.31 Health Service Journal 3 £626.94 Horticulture Week 1 £234.00 International Pest Control 1 £151.63 Journal of Community Care Law 1 £170.10 Journal of Environmental Law 1 £241.06 Legal Action 1 £185.65 Lingo Newydd 1 £9.25 Local Government Chronicle 2 £484.06 Local Transport Today 1 £148.11 Municipal Journal 1 £136.08 National Institute Economic 1 £401.09 Review New Law Journal 1 £347.22 New Scientist 3 £585.08 New Transit 1 £93.31 Nursing Times 1 £88.00 Occupational Health at Work 1 £189.00 People Management 1 £108.00 Planet: Welsh Internationalist 1 £21.38 Planning 2 £231.34 Professional Security 1 £38.88 Property Week 2 £388.80 Public Finance 1 £97.20 Public Law 1 £379.08 Regional Studies Association 1 £175.00 Social Care Law Today 1 £170.10 Social Housing 1 £165.24 Statute Law Review 1 294.20 Web Designer 1 £60.56 Welsh Farmer 2 £20.56 Y Cymro 3 £136.80

2014-15

Newspapers

Daily Newspaper (Monday to No. of copies Annual Total Cost for Friday) purchased each Title per day Daily Post 1 £169.00 Echo 9 £1521.00 Express 1 £143.00 Financial Times 8 £5200.00 Guardian 4 £1664.00 I (shortened version of the 2 £208.00 Independent newspaper) Independent 3 £1092.00 Mail 1 £156.00 Mirror 2 £286.00 South Wales Argus 3 £507.00 Sun 1 £104.00 Telegraph 3 £1092.00 Times 5 £1560.00 Western Mail 30 £6240.00

Weekly Newspaper No. of copies Annual Total Cost for purchased each Title per week Brecon and Radnor 1 £28.60 Caernarfon and Denbigh 1 £49.40 County Times 1 £41.60 Daily Post (Saturday) 1 £52.00 Echo (Saturday) 2 £98.80 Holyhead and Anglesey Mail 1 £54.60 Mid Wales Journal 1 £26.00 Observer 1 £150.80 Scotland on Sunday 1 £109.20 Sunday Independent 1 £114.40 Sunday Telegraph 1 £104.00 Sunday Times 1 £130.00 Times Educational Supplement 7 £691.60 Times Higher Educational 8 £1120.60 Supplement Wales on Sunday 1 £78.00

Magazines/Periodicals

Title of Magazine/Periodical No. of Annual Total Cost for subscriptions subscription for each Title British Journal of Social Work 1 £718.80 Online Chemist and Druggist 1 £308.80 Construction News 1 £160.00 Economist 3 £512.00 Environmental Science and 1 £1804.17 Technology Estates Gazette 1 £225.00 European State Aid Law 1 483.64 Evidence and Policy Journal 1 £522.90 Family Law 1 £315.00 Farmers Guardian 1 £119.00 Farmers Weekly 1 £142.00 Fishing News 1 £122.20 Golwg 4 £353.50 Harvard Business Review 1 £85.00 Horticulture Week 1 £234.00 Journal of Community Care Law 1 £165.00 Journal of Environmental Law 1 £261.00 Legal Action 1 £199.00 Lingo Newydd 3 £30.00 National Institute Economic 1 £465.40 Review New Scientist 1 £202.80 People Management Journal 1 £105.00 Planet: Welsh Internationalist 1 £22.00 Planning 2 £314.40 Property Week Journal 1 £233.07 Public Finance 1 £100.00 Public Law 1 £428.00 Regional Studies Association 1 £179.00 Social Care Law Today 1 £175.00 Statute Law Review 1 £309.23 Welsh Farmer 2 £20.00 Y Cymro 3 £140.00

2015-16

Newspapers

Daily Newspaper (Monday to No. of copies Annual Total Cost for Friday) purchased each Title per day Daily Post 1 £169.00 Echo 9 £1521.00 Express 1 £143.00 Financial Times 8 £5616.00 Guardian 4 £1872.00 I (shortened version of the 2 £208.00 Independent newspaper) Independent 3 £1092.00 Mail 1 £156.00 Mirror 2 £312.00 South Wales Argus 3 £507.00 Sun 1 £104.00 Telegraph 3 £1092.00 Times 5 £1560.00 Western Mail 29 £6032.00

Weekly Newspaper No. of copies Annual Total Cost for purchased each Title per week Daily Post (Saturday) 1 £52.00 Echo (Saturday) 2 £98.80 Holyhead and Anglesey Mail 1 £54.60 Observer 1 £150.80 Scotland on Sunday 1 £109.20 Sunday Independent 1 £114.40 Sunday Telegraph 1 £104.00 Sunday Times 1 £130.00 Times Educational Supplement 8 £740.60 Times Higher Educational 7 £1055.60 Supplement Wales on Sunday 1 £78.00

Magazines/Periodicals

Title of Magazine/Periodical No. of Annual Total Cost for subscriptions subscription for each Title Barn 1 £40.00 Chemist and Druggist 1 £317.80 Coach and Bus Journal 1 £82.95 Construction News 1 £180.25 Economist 6 £890.00 Ends Report 1 £723.00 Estates Gazette 2 £485.00 European State Aid Law Quarterly 1 £454.55 Evidence and Policy Journal 1 £554.40 Family Law 1 £330.00 Farmers Guardian 1 £129.00 Farmers Weekly 3 £447.00 Fishing News 1 £155.48 Golwg 3 £266.00 Harvard Business Review 1 £85.00 Legal Action 1 £199.00 Lingo Newydd 1 £10.50 Local Government Chronicle 2 £398.00 Local Transport Today 1 £144.00 Municipal Journal 1 £140.00 National Institute Economic 1 £502.32 Review New Scientist 1 £218.40 People Management 1 £140.00 Planning 1 £164.00 Property Week Journal 1 £233.79 Public Finance 1 £100.00 Public Law Journal 1 £469.00 Statute Law Review 1 £328.45 Web Designer 1 £58.40 Welsh Farmer 2 £20.00 Y Cymro 3 £140.00