Departmental Official Hospitality

Mr. Graham Stuart
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its predecessors spent on entertainment and hospitality in each year since 1997.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the Secretary of State on 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 9W, to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove).