HC Deb 22 November 1994 vol 250 c89W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Prime Minister how much public money will be spent on entertaining, Christmas decorations and other festive activities this Christmas season by his Office and Government agencies answerable to his Office; and of this sum how much will be spent in his private office and official residences including No.10 Downing street and Chequers.

The Prime Minister

Disaggregated information of this nature is not available. However, entertainment figures for my office are included in the running costs figures which appear in the Government's Expenditure Plans 1994–95 to 1996–97 for the Cabinet Office (Cmd. 2518), a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.

Mr. Bayley

To ask the Prime Minister how many official Christmas cards he intends 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 he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he intends to send this year.

The Prime Minister

The information as requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost. It is not my intention to place a sample Christmas card in the Library.