HC Deb 09 January 1996 vol 269 cc9-10W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the cost of running his departmental office, and that of his predecessor, for each year since 1990–91 with an estimate for the current year, broken down into(a) telephone bills, (b) total staff costs, (c) press and communications, (d) entertainment, (e) alcoholic drinks, (f) non-alcoholic drinks, (g) stationery, (h) office refurbishment and (i) other. [6405]

Sir Paul Beresford

The information is not collected in the format requested but is included in the running cost expenditure of my Department which is published in the annual report. Projections for 1995–96 are in line with overall expenditure for the next year as published in the public expenditure survey statement.

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