§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is her estimate of the expenditure by(a) her 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. [15222]
§ Mr. Field[holding answer 11 November 1997]: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the following table.
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£ 000 1987–88 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1 May to 30 September 1997 Department of Social Security Headquarters 1,582,930 75,778 54,036 78,833 38,525 40,493 15,885 7,160 5,149 Resettlement Agency — — 231 136 0 0 — — — Information Technology Services Agency — — 13,376 24,026 17,544 7,229 416 0 0 Benefits Agency — — 24,224 60,429 82,799 62,064 71,567 22,331 3,433 Contributions Agency — — 67 1,040 3,637 6,021 3,434 7,066 423 Child Support Agency — — — 11,437 20,439 5,992 3,6002 4,622 0 War Pensions Agency — — — — 1,517 5,340 2,215 2,007 506 Independent Statutory Bodies — — — — — — 2,810 3,010 2,171 1 Expenditure information for 1980–81 is not available.
2 The Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies are funded on-Vote and, as such, their expenditure prior to 1995–96 is subsumed within DSS HQ.
3 The Resettlement Agency was disbanded in 1995–96.