To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on Ministerial hospitality in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08, expressed in current prices. (241231)

The information in the form requested is not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

All spending on official entertainment is made in accordance with the principles set out in “Managing Public Money”.