HC Deb 27 January 2003 vol 398 cc537-8W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994–95 to 2002–03; and if he will make a statement. [92380]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

All expenditure on official entertainment is made in accordance with departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on the principles set out in Government Accounting. The following table sets out spending in £000s for DfES and its predecessors in the relevant years.

Year Department of Employment (including Employment Service) Department for Education Department for Education and Employment DfES
1994–95 32 86
1995–96 28 77
1996–97 24
1997–98 21
1998–99 31
1999–2000 21
2000–01 20
2001–02 11
2002–031 13
1Estimated outturn