To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is her estimate of the expenditure by (a) her 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. [15222]
[holding answer 11 November 1997]: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the following table.
£ 000
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1987–88
| 1990–91
| 1991–92
| 1992–93
| 1993–94
| 1994–95
| 1995–96
| 1996–97
| 1 May to 30 September 1997
| |
| Department of Social Security Headquarters | 1,582,930 | 75,778 | 54,036 | 78,833 | 38,525 | 40,493 | 15,885 | 7,160 | 5,149 |
| Resettlement Agency | — | — | 231 | 136 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Information Technology Services Agency | — | — | 13,376 | 24,026 | 17,544 | 7,229 | 416 | 0 | 0 |
| Benefits Agency | — | — | 24,224 | 60,429 | 82,799 | 62,064 | 71,567 | 22,331 | 3,433 |
| Contributions Agency | — | — | 67 | 1,040 | 3,637 | 6,021 | 3,434 | 7,066 | 423 |
| Child Support Agency | — | — | — | 11,437 | 20,439 | 5,992 | 3,6002 | 4,622 | 0 |
| War Pensions Agency | — | — | — | — | 1,517 | 5,340 | 2,215 | 2,007 | 506 |
| Independent Statutory Bodies | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,810 | 3,010 | 2,171 |
1 Expenditure information for 1980–81 is not available.
2 The Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies are funded on-Vote and, as such, their expenditure prior to 1995–96 is subsumed within DSS HQ.
3 The Resettlement Agency was disbanded in 1995–96.