§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department(a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent in each of the last six years on entertaining; and if he will break down these figures into categories. [32676]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 6 February 2002]: The Department has spent in 1996–97 to 2001–02 the following amounts on entertaining official visitors and guests:
Financial years Expenditure (£) 1996–97 58,346 1997–98 67,459 1998–99 84,468 1999–2000 77,822 2000–01 143,269 2001–02 154.106 1 To end January The figures for 2001–02 exclude the Fire and Emergency Planning Directorate and the Fire Service College as responsibility for fire and emergency planning transferred to the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) and the Cabinet Office respectively as part of Machinery of Government charges