§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 18 December,Official Report, column 969, if he will specify the items of expenditure wrongly classified as hospitality in the original figure given for 1994–95. [9539]
§ Mr. HowardThe reclassification related solely to expenditure by the Fire Service College executive agency. The provisional figure given in my answer of 1 May at column94, included the cost of meals and accommodation provided free of charge to visiting lecturers, auditors and contractors who would otherwise have included an element for these expenses in their invoices, and to candidates attending certain course selection interviews which should have been attributed to the costs of the course. The expenditure classified as hospitality should have been only that incurred on the business entertaining of the college's clients and potential clients.