Amount spent by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation and state entities reporting to it on newspaper subscriptions in each month in the 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years, and since 1 April 2014 up to the latest specified date
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QUESTION NO: 1131 (NW1296E)
PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO: 9-2015 OF 27 MARCH 2015
MS S V KALYAN (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION:
(1) What amount did (i) her department and (ii) state entities reporting to her spend on each newspaper subscription in each month (aa) in the (aaa) 2011-12, (bbb) 2012-13 and (ccc) 2013-14 financial years and (bb) during the period 1 April 2014 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) how many copies of each newspaper were ordered on each day of the week (i) in each specified financial year and (ii) during the period 1 April 2014 up to the latest specified date for which information is available?
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(a) The amount that the Department spent on newspaper subscription in each month was as follows:
(aaa) 2011/2012: R 164 092 per month
(bbb) 2012/2013: R 186 486 per month
(ccc) 2013/2014: R 155 975 per month
(bb) 2014/2015: R 112 122 per month
(b) The number of newspapers ordered on each day of the week was as follows:
(i) 2011/2012: 792
2012/2013: 808
2013/2014: 762
(ii) 2014/2015: 485
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