§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the hospitality budget for his Department in each of the last five years. [4348]
§ Mr. Horam[holding answer 6 December 1995]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply that my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State gave the right hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett) and the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) on I May 1995, Official Report, column 23. Due to technical changes in the Department's accounting system, the figure given for the Department for 1994–95 covered 13 months' expenditure.