Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 5 May 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her latest estimate is of the amount spent by her Department on official entertainment in each year from 1996–97 to 2004–05.
All expenditure on official entertainment is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in Government guidance.
The following table shows expenditure on entertainment by the Department. In a change to previous practice, figures from 1997–98 onwards are presented on an accruals basis. In 2002–03 changes were made in the way entertainment expenditure was captured to include associated staff costs following the contracting out of the hospitality service. Figures for 2004–05 are not available at present.
£ | |
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1996–1997 | 41,000 |
1997–1998 | 15,269.81 |
1998–1999 | 24,496.51 |
1999–2000 | 33,359.78 |
2000–2001 | 51,666.75 |
2001–2002 | 32,586.56 |
2002–2003 | 87,150.29 |
2003–2004(1) | 78,144.29 |
Notes:
(1) Provisional, pending finalisation of annual accounts.
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