§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her latest estimate is of the amount spent by her Department on official entertainment in each year from 1996–97 to 2004–05. [168998]
§ Ms HewittThe following table shows the expenditure on entertainment by the Department of Trade and Industry in each year between 1999–2000 and 2003–04.
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£000 1999–2000 887 2000–01 1,089 2001–02 1,165 2002–03 1,311 2003–04 1,110 Notes 1. The expenditure represents less than 0.016 per cent. of the Department's total gross expenditure.
2. The Department expects expenditure for 2004–05 to be of a similar order. 3. Figures for earlier periods are not available on a consistent basis.