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Mr. Malcolm Bruce
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his estimate of the expenditure by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on official hospitality for (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1987–88, (iii) 1990–91, (iv) 1991–92, (v) 1992–93, (vi) 1993–94, (vii) 1994–95, (viii) 1995–96, (ix) 1996–97 and (x) 1 May to 30 September 1997. [15214]
Mr. Fatchett
[holding answer 11 November 1997]: Expenditure on official hospitality by this Department is shown in the following table:
| Year | FCO £000 | Agencies £ | NDPB'S £000 |
| 1980–81 | 1— | 1— | 1— |
| 1987–88 | 1— | 1— | 1— |
| 1990–91 | 1— | 1— | 862 |
| 1991–92 | 5,688 | 1— | 969 |
| 1992–93 | 1— | 1— | 967 |
| 1993–94 | 7,476 | 1— | 958 |
| 1994–95 | 7,660 | 455 | 1,038 |
| 1995–96 | 9,282 | 786 | 1,091 |
| 1996–97 | 9,538 | 687 | 1,073 |
| 1997–98 May-September | 4,083 | 335 | 423 |
| 1 Figures unavailable. | |||