Departmental Expenditure (Hansard, 21 July 2004)

§ Miss Kirkbride
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost of running her Department's canteen facilities was in(a) 1996–97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. [185983]

§ Mr. Caborn
The information is as follows:

DCMS did not have a canteen in 1996–97.

A catering facility was opened in 2001 and in the 2003–04 year cost £67,431.

§ Miss Kirkbride
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total cost of refurbishments to the fabric of buildings owned by her Department has been since May 1997. [185984]

§ Mr. Caborn
DCMS does not own any buildings; all buildings occupied by the Department are leased from commercial landlords.
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§ Miss Kirkbride
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total cost of printing departmental headed notepaper was in(a) 1996–97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. [185985]

§ Mr. Caborn
A record of expenditure at this level of detail within the overall stationery budget for 1996–97 is no longer available. The expenditure on headed notepaper in 2003–04. the last full year for which information is available, was £3,500

§ Miss Kirkbride
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has spent on(a) mobile phone costs, (b) hospitality and (c) taxi costs in (i) 1996–97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. [186003]

§ Mr. Caborn
The information requested is included in the table. All expenditure on official hospitality is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in Government guidance. The hospitality expenditure figure for 2003–04 reflects the changes made in 2002–03 in the way hospitality expenditure was captured to include associated staff costs following the contracting out of the hospitality service. Figures for 2004–05 are not available at present.

£000

1996–97 2003–04

Mobile telephones ¹— 35,000

Hospitality 41,000 ²78,144.29

Taxi costs 16,914.69 ²21,878.36

¹It is not possible to provide an expenditure figure for mobile telephones in 1996–97 save at disproportionate costs. ² Provisional total pending finalisation of annual accounts.

		£000
	1996–97	2003–04
Mobile telephones	¹—	35,000
Hospitality	41,000	²78,144.29
Taxi costs	16,914.69	²21,878.36
¹It is not possible to provide an expenditure figure for mobile telephones in 1996–97 save at disproportionate costs.	² Provisional total pending finalisation of annual accounts.