§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if she will list the total amount of money spent by Ministers in her Department since its creation on food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks for entertainment purposes; [47215]
137W(2) how much was spent by departmental special advisers on food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks for entertainment purposes in each of the last five years. [46847]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe total cost of entertainment for each of the last five years for this Department is set out as follows:
Year £000 1997–98 21 1998–99 31 1999–2000 21 2000–01 20 2001–021 11 1Provisional Note:
To provide the more detailed information requested would incur disproportionate cost.