HC Deb 25 February 2003 vol 400 c414W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 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. [92398]

Ms Hewitt

The Department of Trade and Industry's total spending on entertainment was as follows;

£000's
Year Numbers
1998–99 704
1999ߝ2000 887
2000–01 1,089
2001–02 1,165
2002–03 1,1931
1 Estimate

As a result of the implementation of a new accounting system and several Machinery of Government changes, comparable figures are not available prior to 1998–99. This expenditure was incurred primarily in the promotion of British Trade, Science and Innovation, UK Business and Energy.