§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his latest estimate is of the amount spent by his Department on entertainment in each year from 1996–97 to 2004–05. [169005]
§ Mr. PearsonThe estimated total spend by the 11 departments of the Northern Ireland Administration and the Northern Ireland Office on all forms of entertainment in each financial year from 1996–97 to 2004–05 is set out in the following table:
Total (£) 1996–97 681,358 1997–98 668,280 1998–99 803,170 1999–2000 813,959 2000–01 841,778 2001–02 756,189 2002–03 865,859 2003–041 852,548 2004–052 908,622 1 Provisional outturn 2 Estimated outturn