HC Deb 18 February 1998 vol 306 cc723-4W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will give a regional breakdown of his Department's expenditure on(a) hospitality, (b) stationery and (c) travel in the last year for which figures are available. [30109]

Mr. Hoon

The figures requested are given in the table.

Business area Hospitality Stationery and small office equipment Travel and subsistence
LCD HQ 21,618 520,625 833,990
Court Service HQ 0 111,129 298,433
Public Trust Office 982 291,246 36,652
South East Circuit 558 2,218,658 929,213
Western Circuit 602 303,228 296,527
Wales & Chester Circuit 1,893 367,264 238,029
Midland & Oxford Circuit 0 1,143,241 395,085
Northern Circuit 1,255 629,753 282,902
North Eastern Circuit 649 724,394 325,141
Total 27,557 6,309,538 3,635,972