§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the hospitality expenditure for the Meteorological Office for the financial year 1993–94.
§ Mr. SoamesThis is a matter for the Meteorological Office. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from M. A. Bittleston to Dr. David Clark, dated 21 November 1994:
The Defence Secretary has asked me to respond to your Parliamentary Question which asked for a breakdown of the Meteorological Office's hospitality expenditure for the financial year 1993–94.As you would expect the total sum of £25,206 is made up by a host of quite small items, most of which were incurred in the course of winning some £16 million worth of commercial business and maintaining in international fora the standing of the Office as a world class science-based organisation.I have therefore grouped together in the Annex to this letter the main constituent items.Annex
1. The main categories of hospitality expenditure for the Meteorological Office for the financial year 1993–94 were:
£ Commercial Hospitality 8,545 Reciprocal International Hospitality 4,712 Academic Interchanges 3,336 Recruitment and Training 3,191 Government, Local Government and Advisers Hospitality 2,000 Miscellaneous 3,422 Total 25,206