§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how much public money will be spent on entertaining, Christmas decorations and other festive activities this Christmas season by her Department and Government agencies answerable to her Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in Ministers' private offices and official residences.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThis information is not available as it is not possible to disaggregate costs of this nature from the Department's running cost expenditure, details of which are published in the annual departmental report [CM 2510].
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many official Christmas cards she and her Ministers intend to send in 1994; how much these cards will cost(a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if she will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card she intends to send this year.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardMy Ministers and I intend to send about 950 official Christmas cards in 1994. They will cost some £800 to purchase and £180 to post. Information on the cost in staff time to address cards and place them in envelopes is not available. When my cards are available, I will place copies in the Libraries of the House.