§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the cost of running his departmental office, and that of his 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. [6407]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Financial year Total stuff cost £ Hospitality £ 1990–91 n/a 7,111.00 1991–92 n/a 8,230.00 1992–93 n/a 6,846.00 1993–94 n/a 5,667.00 1994–95 1,885,938.00 14,859.00 1995–30/November 1,026,079.00 7,893.00
- 1. Expenditure on hospitality includes the annual reception for disabled people and organisations representing them held by the Minister of State for Social Security and Disabled People.
- 2. Expenditure on hospitality includes entertainment, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
- 3. Expenditure on telephone bills, press and communications, stationery and office refurbishment is included in the running cost expenditure of the Department which is published in the Annual Report.
- 4. The information is for all Ministerial offices.
- n/a = not available.