HC Deb 27 January 2003 vol 398 c562W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Prime Minister 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. [92416]

The Prime Minister

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) on 28 February 2002,Official Report, columns 1444–48W.

For 2001–02, the total cost of official entertainment to my Office at 10 Downing Street and Chequers was £53,050.

Information prior to 1997–98 is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.