asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will detail the other expenses incurred in the preparations for the constitutional conference not covered in the written answers given to the hon. Member for Armagh on 22 January.

The extra costs to public funds incurred in the preparations up to the beginning of the conference on 7 January additional to those given in paragraphs (a) to (e) of the reply given to the hon. Member on 22 January—[Vol. 977, c. 108]—were:

	£
Stationery	2,300
Travel and Subsistence	935
Installation of Telephones	590
Transport and preparation of furniture and office equipment	5,000

Staff were detached temporarily from their parent departments to make preparations for the conference at no extra cost to public funds other than those mentioned above. Furniture and office equipment were drawn from Government stores and will be returned or used elsewhere when the conference ends.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what have been the takings in (a) the two bars provided for participants at the Stormont conference and (b) the press bar, up to 25 January.

(a) £129; (b) £283.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money has been claimed or paid to the participants at the Stormont conference up to 25 January; and how many individuals have claimed.

£3,602; 26 individuals.