Departments: Official Hospitality

David Simpson
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will break down the figures referred to in the answer of 23 October 2007, Official Report, column 237W, on Departments: official hospitality, giving the amount spent on each function at which hospitality expenses were incurred.

Mrs. McGuire
The information requested is not available centrally in the format requested and could be collected only at disproportionate cost.