§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent by his Department on official hospitality in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1984, c. 149]: The amounts spent by my Department on official hospitality in each of the past five years are shown in the following table:
Treasury National Economic Development Office £ £ 1979–80 8,709 31,179 1980–81 10,445 34,153 1981–82 23,178 45,902 1982–83 26,235 45,967 1983–84 21,990 51,251 In the Treasury the increased expenditure in 1981–82 and subsequent years is for the enlarged Department following the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. No. 1680) which provided for the transfer of certain functions from the Civil Service Department to the Treasury on 7 December 1981.