§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a regional breakdown of his Department's expenditure on(a) hospitality, (b) stationery and (c) travel in the last year for which figures are available. [30076]
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§ Mr. StrawThe last financial year for which figures are available is 1996–97.
The total expenditure by the Home Office (including its agencies) on hospitality, travel and stationery in 1996–97 is as follows:
£ Hospitality 58,346 Stationery 8,027,572 Travel1 12,620,709 1 Includes £276,464 of subsistence and travel costs relating to the Fire Service College, where systems do not enable these items to be separately identified. No regional breakdown of the figures is available.