§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will give a regional breakdown of her Department's expenditure on(a) hospitality, (b) stationery and (c) travel in the last year for which figures are available. [30117]
§ Mr. FieldThe information is not available in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Such information as is available is set out in the table.
Expenditure information for the Department's individual executive agencies for 1996–97 £ Hospitality Printing and stationery Travel DSS HQ 7,159.84 2,150,958.03 1,033,982.41 ISBs 3,009.55 1,839,438.85 854,466.20 Benefits Agency 22,330.53 47,408,861.26 18,305,628.16 Contributions Agency 7,066.31 2,028,915.64 2,860,525.35 Child Support Agency 4,621.89 3,820,404.92 3,676,374.97 War Pensions Agency 2,006.67 252,226.25 314,450.64 ITSA nil 729,162.97 872,804.10 Total 46,194.79 58,229,967.92 27,918,241.83