Taxpayers' £1.3 million bill 'for ice cream van and dog barking advice' It was the Government's responsibility to "engage the public by consulting fully and adequately," one said. The figures showed that the Department for Transport was one of the biggest spenders, producing 1945 publications and 132 consultation documents since May 2010, at a cost of £359,000. Meanwhile the Home Office spent £290,921 on circulars and consultation documents in the period and the Department for Education has spent £164,520. Other departments were unable to provide details of how much their publications cost. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published 1,467 documents while for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the figure was 381. The latter included "Code of Practice on Noise from Model Aircraft 1982" as well as the ice cream van and dog barking papers.