HC Deb 30 January 1996 vol 270 cc620-2W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of his Department's expenditure on newspapers and magazines in(a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95 and (c) 1995–96, to date; and if he will list the publications purchased for the latest year for which information is available. [11462]

Mr. Norris

  1. (a) 1993–94: £375,000
  2. (b) 1994–95: £140,000
  3. (c) 1995–96: £125,000

Newspapers and magazines bought in 1995–96 include:

  • Daily Telegraph
  • Financial Times
  • Guardian
  • Independent
  • Times
  • Accountancy
  • Aircargo News International
  • Auto Express
  • Automotive International
  • Automotive News
  • Aviation News/Air Pictorial
  • Aviation Week
  • Bookseller
  • Buses
  • Business Traveller
  • Business and Commercial Aviation
  • Car Mechanics
  • Coach and Bus Week
  • Coaching Journal and Bus Review
  • Commercial Motor
  • Containerisation International
  • Diesal Car
  • Economist
  • Executive Travel
  • Fairplay International Shipping Weekly
  • Flight International
  • Government Computing
  • Headlight
  • International Freighting Weekly
  • International Railway Journal
  • Light Railway and Modern Tramway
  • Modern Railways
  • Motor Transport
  • New Civil Engineer
  • New Scientist
  • Port of London Magazine
    • 621
  • Rail
  • Rail News
  • Railway
  • Railway Age
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Roadway
  • Scientific American
  • Ships Monthly
  • Spectator
  • Surveyor
  • Traffic Engineering and Control
  • Travel Trade Gazette
  • Travel Weekly
  • Urban Transport International

Mr. Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of departmental expenditure on administration for(a) 1979–80, (b) 1989–90, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1993–94, (e) 1994–95, (f) 1995–96 and (g) 1996–97. [11459]

Mr. Norris

Figures of my Department's expenditure on administration for(b) to (g) can be found in the transport report 1995, Cm 2806, which is available in the House of Commons Library. My final outturn figures for (e) and projected outturn figures for (f) will be presented in the transport report 1996, which is due to be published in the latter part of March. My Department's latest budget figure for (g) is £373 million.

Running costs figures for Departments were not calculated on the same basis prior to 1989–90, so comparable figures for (a) are not readily available.

Mr. Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of expenditure on all forms of hospitality and entertainment by(a) his Department, (b) his Department's agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies, for (i) 1979–80, (ii) 1989–90, (iii) 1991–92, (iv) 1993–94, (v) 1994–95, (vi) 1995–96 and (vii) 1996–97. [11458]

Mr. Norris

The table represents an estimate of expenditure on hospitality and entertainment by the Department of Transport (central transport group), its agencies, and non-departmental public bodies for the years specified. Figures for 1979–80 and forecasts for 1996–97 are not available. Figures for 1995–96 are forecast outturns based on current expenditure and may include some non-entertainment costs which cannot readily be desegregated.

1989–90 1991–92 1993–94
Central Transport Group 114,016 170,015 234,986
Agencies 4,586 28,143 40,718
Non-departmental public bodies 5,375 33,542 37,144

1994–95 1995–96
Central Transport Group 127,248 202,524
Agencies 91,828 97,370
Non Departmental public bodies 25,903 34,768

Mr. Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of the expenditure of his Department, his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies on all forms of overseas travel, overseas accommodation and other associated expenses for (a) 1979–80, (b) 1989–90, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1993–94, (e) 1994–95, (f) 1995–96 and (g) 1996–97. [11461]

Mr. Norris

Information in the form requested is not available.