Official Hospitality Mr. Malcolm Bruce To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is her estimate of the expenditure by (a) her 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. [15222] Mr. Field [holding answer 11 November 1997]: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the following table. -------------------------------------------- | | -------------------------------------------- |Department of Social Security Headquarters| -------------------------------------------- |Resettlement Agency | -------------------------------------------- |Information Technology Services Agency | -------------------------------------------- |Benefits Agency | -------------------------------------------- |Contributions Agency | -------------------------------------------- |Child Support Agency | -------------------------------------------- |War Pensions Agency | -------------------------------------------- |Independent Statutory Bodies | -------------------------------------------- 1 Expenditure information for 1980–81 is not available. 2 The Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies are funded on-Vote and, as such, their expenditure prior to 1995–96 is subsumed within DSS HQ. 3 The Resettlement Agency was disbanded in 1995–96.