§ Mr. SkinnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the latest annual figure for the cost of hospitality provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydExpenditure by both wings of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on hospitality for the financial year 1990–91 was £6,397,000.
The figure includes 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 by diplomatic missions overseas.