§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is his estimate of the expenditure by(a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on official hospitality for (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1987–88, (iii) 1990–91, (iv) 1991–92, (v) 1992–93, (vi) 1993–94, (vii) 1994–95, (viii) 1995–96, (ix) 1996–97 and (x) 1 May to 30 September 1997. [15254]
§ Mr. HoonExpenditure on official hospitality is given in the table.
Letter from Sarah Tyacke to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 16 December 1997:
I have been asked by the Lord Chancellor's Parliamentary Secretary to reply for the Public Record Office to your question about expenditure on official hospitality by the agencies for which his Department is responsible.Total expenditure by the Public Record Office has been:
£ 1993–94 8,298 1994–95 6,752 1995–96 7,120 1996–97 8,220 1 May 1997 to 30 September 1997 8,784
Our pre 1993–94 accounts systems were not designed readily to produce such information and I regret therefore that the figures that you request for earlier years could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.