§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how much public money will be spent on entertaining, Christmas decorations and other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and Government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in Ministers' private offices and official residences.
§ Mr. DorrellDisaggregated information of this nature is not available. Such costs are covered by my Department's entertainment expenditure, which is contained within the running costs expenditure published in its annual report.
The Department of National Heritage and its agencies have spent the following sums on official hospitality in the two years since the Department was set up:
Department of National Heritage £ Historic Royal Palaces Agency £ Royal Parks Agency £ 1992–93 22,037 17,690 1,032 1993–94 18,278 16,374 8,541