To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money from the public purse (a) his Department and (b) its agencies gave to (i) the Smith Institute and (ii) its subsidiary SI Events Ltd. in each year since 1997; and for what purpose each payment was made.

The central Home Office and the Border and Immigration Agency accounting systems do not have any record of transactions with either of the organisations mentioned for the requested period.

The two Home Office agencies, the Criminal Records Bureau and the Identity and Passport Service, also do not have any record of transactions with either of the organisations mentioned for the requested period.