Departments: Official Hospitality

Mr. Carmichael
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many receptions were held at 11 Millbank in each of the last five years.

Mr. Woodward
Our records show that over the last three years the following number of receptions were held in Millbank. Records are not available for 2003 and 2004.

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|         |Number of receptions held|
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|2005     |5                        |
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|2006     |2                        |
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|2007     |11                       |
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|1 To date|                         |
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