HC Deb 27 January 2003 vol 398 c573W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the estimate is of the total spending of her Department in all forms of entertainment in each year from 1994–95 to 2002–03; and if she will make a statement.[92404]

Clare Short

The following table shows recorded DFID spending from the running cost budget on entertainment for the years in question, to the nearest £000.

Year £
1994–95 7,000
1995–96 9,000
1996–97 10,000
1997–98 24,000
1998–99 43,000
1999–2000 62,000
2000–01 48,000
2001–02 55,000
2002–031 74,000
1Estimated

For the earlier years some expenditure may not have been separately recorded.

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.

Back to
Forward to