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<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office spent a total of £725,286 on newspapers supplied
centrally in financial years 2016-17 to 2018-2019 for FCO staff in the United Kingdom
and its diplomatic missions overseas. £617,911 of this was spent on online/electronic
newspaper subscriptions which are made available digitally to all staff and £29,658
on print copies for use by its departments in London. The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office purchases these through pan-government frameworks and contracts and encourages
staff to use newspapers digitally wherever possible in order to ensure efficiency
savings. The remaining amount of £77,717 was spent locally by overseas diplomatic
missions over the three financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>FY
16-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 17-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY
18-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total FCO spend on newspapers </strong></p></td><td><p>£270,820</p></td><td><p>£312,394</p></td><td><p>£142,072*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>FY 16-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY
17-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 18-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spend
on online/electronic newspaper subscriptions provided centrally for access by all
FCO staff</strong></p></td><td><p>£232,527</p></td><td><p>£285,118</p></td><td><p>£100,266*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spend
locally by overseas diplomatic missions</strong></p></td><td><p>£29,813</p></td><td><p>£17,213</p></td><td><p>£30,693</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*
In this financial year the FCO made adjustments to record spending on annual subscriptions
according to the proportion actually spent within the same financial year. In many
cases that total spend is now spread over more than one financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Titles
and number of daily copies of print national newspapers delivered under contract to
FCO London</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Newspaper title**</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY
16-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 17-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY
18-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Express</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2
copies</p></td><td><p>1 copy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Express Sat</p></td><td><p>3
copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>1 copy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily
Mail</p></td><td><p>4 copies</p></td><td><p>5 copies</p></td><td><p>8 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily
Mail Sat</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>1 copy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily
Mirror</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily
Mirror Sat</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily
Telegraph</p></td><td><p>9 copies</p></td><td><p>12 copies</p></td><td><p>10 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily
Telegraph Sat</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial
Times</p></td><td><p>4 copies</p></td><td><p>5 copies</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial
Times Sat</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guardian</p></td><td><p>7
copies</p></td><td><p>6 copies</p></td><td><p>10 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guardian
Sat</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>i-Newspaper</p></td><td><p>3
copies</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mail
on Sunday</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>1 copy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Observer</p></td><td><p>3
copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun</p></td><td><p>6
copies</p></td><td><p>5 copies</p></td><td><p>6 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun
Sat</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday
Express</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday
Mirror</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday
People</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday
Telegraph</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday
Times</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>5 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun
on Sunday</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>2 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Times</p></td><td><p>13
copies</p></td><td><p>16 copies</p></td><td><p>24 copies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Times
Sat</p></td><td><p>3 copies</p></td><td><p>5 copies</p></td><td><p>4 copies</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>**Non-UK
national newspaper titles to the value of £28 over the three financial years above
have been omitted</p>
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