§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment 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. HeseltineWithin my Department responsibility for expenditure on hospitality is delegated to senior managers, subject to detailed rules. No central record is kept of the individual items. Total expenditure for my Department, including the Property Services Agency services, the Building Research Establishment agency, the Historic Royal Palaces agency and the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre agency, is as follows:
£ 1989–90 83,500 1990–91 1145,000 1991–92 220,000 1 Provisional. 2 To date.