HC Deb 22 October 1991 vol 196 c590W
Mr. Skinner

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest annual figure for the cost of hospitality provided by the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Dorrell

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) on 13 June 1991. at column640. Expenditure by the Department on hospitality in the first four months of 1991–92, the latest available information, was approximately £44,000.