§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list(a) the total amount spent by his Department on hospitality and (b) each item of expenditure over £1,000 spent on hospitality by his Department in each of the last five years. [40995]
§ Mr. NorrisThe Department of Transport—excluding its agencies—has spent the following amounts on official hospitality over the past five years.
- 1990–91: £204,040
- 1991–92: £170,015
- 1992–93: £233,762
- 1993–94: £234,986
- 1994–95: £127,247
These figures have been obtained from the Department's computerised accounts system. The categories of expenditure used to obtain the figures are:
- C1300: Entertainment UK (superseded in 1993–94 by C1305 and C1306)
- C1301: Official teas/working lunches
- C1305: Entertainment UK (ministers)
- C1306: Entertainment UK (others)
- C1310: Entertainment overseas (ministers)
- C1311: Entertainment overseas (others)
- C1320: Road opening ceremonies
- C1321: Medal ceremony costs.
The number of items of expenditure over £1,000 in each of the above categories over the past five years is as follows:
C1300 C1301 C1306 C1311 C1320 C1321 Total 1990–91 13 11 — 3 1 1 29 1991–92 1 1 — 3 8 3 16 1992–93 4 2 — 2 3 1 12 1993–94 — 2 1 1 2 — 6 1994–95 — — 3 2 — — 5