Departmental Expenditure

Mr. Swinney
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will give a regional breakdown of her Department's expenditure on (a) hospitality, (b) stationery and (c) travel. [30145]

Mrs. Beckett
[holding answer 18 February 1998]: Disaggregated information in the form requested, which is not held centrally within the Department, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.