Revenue and Customs: Hotels

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on hotel accommodation for its officials in each of the last five years. (306038)

From information available, the total cost of hotel accommodation for HM Revenue and Customs officials in each of the last five years is as follows:

	£
April to October 2009	7,680,247
April 2008 to March 2009	17,785,927
April 2007 to March 2008	18,064,771
April 2006 to March 2007	17,664,696
April 2005 to March 2006	¹—
¹ Figures unavailable

Spend figures between April 2007 to present day are based on management information provided by HMRCs ‘Hotel’ contract supplier.

Volume 502: debated on Monday 14 December 2009