Written question asked by Theresa Villiers (Conservative) on Monday, 9 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 January 2006. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Thursday, 4 May 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.
Departmental Expenditure
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997.
- Answer
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Costs for refreshments and working lunches are combined and the total since 1997 is provided in the following table. Refreshments and working lunches are offered as courtesy to visitors or to facilitate the efficient management of meetings. The rise in expenditure reflects an increase in training courses and implementation of new policies and systems. Overall expenditure for 1998 was artificially reduced by a one-off VAT credit.
Working lunches 1997 346,685 1998 92,916 1999 457,147 2000 511,610 2001 572,279 2002 727,354 2003 1,330,997 2004 1,047,330
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 41248; 445 c1837W;445 c1837W
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Catering Home Office
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