§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent by his Department in the last 12 months on entertainment, broken down by the costs of(a) food and (b) drink. [135899]
§ Mr. BlunkettHome Office 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.
369WIn 2002–03, the cost of hospitality (entertaining non-civil servants) and management entertainment of civil servants was £72,000. This was about 0.006 per cent. of the Home Department's Administration Costs in the 2002–03 Resource Accounts. The Department does not separately identify the costs of food and drink.