To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the value of hospitality provided for senior civil servants in the Nuclear Consultations and Liabilities Unit was in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. (190266)

[holding answer 28 February 2008]: The Nuclear Consultations and Liabilities Unit began operation in September 2006. The figures given as follows therefore start from this date.

The estimated value of hospitality provided for the five senior civil servants in the unit was as follows:

The hospitality that is accepted by civil servants is subject to the conditions laid out in the Civil Service Code.