§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the expenditure covered by his Department's hospitality fund for the financial year(a) 1989–90, (b) 1990–91 and (c) 1991–92 to date.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydExpenditure by both wings of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on hospitality for the financial year 1989–90 was £6,428,000. The provisional outturn for 1990–91 is £6,358,000 and the spend to date for 1991–92 is £900,000.
These figures include the grant in aid to the Government hospitality fund, which meets the costs of ministerial entertainment and guest of Government visits for all Government Departments, the cost of other official entertainment by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and diplomatic missions overseas.