HC Deb 12 February 2001 vol 363 c1W
Mr. Redwood

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much was spent by his Departments Ministers on entertainment in 2000. [146372]

Ms Beverley Hughes

[holding answer 22 January 2001]: Expenditure on entertainment by my Departments Ministers in 1999–2000, the latest financial year for which information is available, was £8,347 This compares with expenditure of £14,672 for the former Departments of Environment and Transport in 1996–97.