§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the 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. [15234]
§ Mr. StrawThe information requested is provided in the following table.
Year Department £ Agencies£ Non-departmental public bodies £ 1990–91 30,080 — 1,268 1991–92 28,094 — 1,122 1992–93 19,122 36,529 6,270 1993–94 15,233 33,784 4,427 1994–95 15,990 11,478 6,523 1995–96 22,060 16,544 11,959 1996–97 35,412 26,358 23,289 1 May to 30 September 19971 9,351 17,296 3,232 1Provisional. Unfortunately, information on expenditure on official hospitality in 1980–81 and 1987–88 is no longer available. In addition, the figures for expenditure by the 641W Department's non-departmental public bodies prior to 1994–95 are incomplete because some of the bodies no longer retain the necessary information.
The figures for expenditure by non-departmental public bodies exclude the Horserace Betting Levy Board and the Horserace Totaliser Board because they are not funded by central Government.