HC Deb 25 October 1994 vol 248 c521W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what has been the total amount spent on official hospitality by(a) his Department and (b) his agencies for each year since 1990.

Mr. Robert G. Hughes

Expenditure on official hospitality by the Cabinet Office, including the Office of Public Service and Science, and executive agencies in each year since 1990 was as follows:

(a)

Cabinent

Office1

 (b) Agencies
£ HMSO2

£

 COI

£

 OPSS

Agencies

£
1990–91 14,300 500 1,200
1991–92 26,6003 4,400 1,300
1992–93 25,000 19,400 4,600 59,500
1993–94 27,700 22,000 5,900 6,100
1 Figures for the Cabinet Office exclude expenditure by the Office

of the Prime Minister, which was the subject of a separate

Answer by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister.
2 HMSO figures are based on their accounting year 1 January—

31 December. Figures for hospitality were not recorded centrally

by HMSO before 1993.
3 In addition, £234,100 was borne by the OPSS in 1991–92 on

official hospitality in respect of the 1991 economic summit.

Expenditure by OPSS agencies in 1992–93 includes some £59,000 relating to Chessington computer centre's launch as an executive agency.