§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her estimate is of the total spending of her Department on entertainment in each year from 1994–95 to 2002–03; and if she will make a statement. [92389]
§ Alun MichaelThe information for Defra is as follows:
2001–02: £239,000 (outturn)2002–03: £384,000 (estimate)It should be noted that Defra only came into being in 2001.
All expenditure on official entertainment is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on the principles set out in "Government Accounting".