HC Deb 09 January 1996 vol 269 cc146-7W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is her estimate of the cost of running her departmental office, and that of her predecessor, for each year since 1990–91, including 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. [6393]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information on expenditure in each of the last five years, and for the current financial year, is not collected in the format requested but is included in the running cost expenditure of the former Employment and Education Departments, which is published in the respective departmental annual reports.