§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for 1997–98 and each subsequent financial year the amount spent by(a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies in respect of hotel and other similar privately provided accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) other persons; if he will list the proportion of this cost incurred in respect of (x) food and (y) alcohol in each case; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room or similar unit of accommodation provided in each case. [34433]
307W
§ Dr. MoonieI refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on 14 February,Official Report, columns 559–560W.