§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his current estimate of the expenditure of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies on hospitality since 1 May 1997. [27790]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 5 February 1998]: The current estimate of the expenditure by my Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies on all forms of hospitality since 1 May 1997 is as follows:
£000 Department 18,460 Agencies 31,896 Non-departmental public bodies 7,729 Total 58,085