Official Hospitality

Mr. Malcolm Bruce
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the expenditure by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on official hospitality for (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1987–88, (iii) 1990–91, (iv) 1991–92, (v) 1992–93, (vi) 1993–94, (vii) 1994–95, (viii) 1995–96, (ix) 1996–97 and (x) 1 May to 30 September 1997. [15246]

Mr. Dewar
[holding answer 11 November 1997]: Expenditure on official hospitality by The Scottish Office and its departmental agencies is shown in the table.----------------------------
|Year                      |
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|1980–81                   |
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|1987–88                   |
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|1990–91                   |
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|1991–92                   |
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|1992–93                   |
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|1993–94                   |
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|1994–95                   |
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|1995–96                   |
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|1996–97                   |
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|1997–98 (May to September)|
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Information on hospitality spending by non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally and could be collected only at disproportionate cost.