To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 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. (317345)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Khan) on 17 December 2008, Official Report, column 787W.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many receptions he has hosted for representatives of print and broadcast media since 3 October 2008. (317346)

Since his appointment as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in June 2009, my right hon. Friend has hosted two receptions for representatives of print and broadcast media.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many receptions he has hosted for representatives of print and broadcast media since October 2008; how much each reception cost; and how many attended each. (317999)

Communities and Local Government published an annual list of receptions hosted by Ministers for 2008-09 in a written ministerial statement on 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 118WS.

The next return will be published in July 2010.