To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on (i) alcohol and (ii) entertainment in the last 12 months. (305541)

The Department does not hold this information centrally and it could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.

The Planning Inspectorate has had no expenditure on alcohol and entertainment in the last 12 months.

Fire Service College has spent £1,531 on business entertainment in the financial year 2009-10 to date. Information on alcohol expenditure can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre has incurred £743 in entertaining expenditure during the last 12 months.

All expenditure on hospitality is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in Government Accounting and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.