§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is his estimate of the expenditure by(a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on official hospitality for (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1987–88, (iii) 1990–91, (iv) 1991–92, (v) 1992– 93, (vi) 1993–94, (vii) 1994–95, (viii) 1995–96, (ix) 1996–97 and (x) 1 May to 30 September 1997.[15230]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 11 November 1997]Figures for years (i) and (ii) are not available. Figures for the Department and its Agencies, where these are available, for years (iii) to (x) are as listed. This information is not held centrally for Non-Departmental Public Bodies and the information could be gathered only at disproportionate cost.
£000 Department Agencies (iii) 1990–91 92 14 (iv) 1991–92 131 27 (v) 1992–93 389 36 (vi) 1993–94 408 23 (vii) 1994–95 359 102 (viii) 1995–96 253 111 (ix) 1996– 97 318 130 (x) 1 May to 30 September 1997 115 44