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Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Answer

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent by her Department on (a) Christmas cards and (b) Christmas parties (i) in the last year and (ii) since 1997. [145595] Mr. Caborn: The information is as follows: (a) Expenditure on Christmas cards is detailed in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cost (£) 1997 No record 1998 No record 1999 1,971.00 2000 3,500.92 2001 2,211.39 2002 1,985 2003 1,587.50 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (b) Expenditure on Christmas parties is detailed in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Christmas party costs (£) 1997 No record 1998 No record 19991 n/a 20002 n/a 2001 4,452.23 2002 6,963.73 2003 6,941.85 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 No Christmas party held this year. However, there was a new year's drinks reception on 18 January 2000. The cost was £4,386.03. 2 No Christmas party held this year. However, there was a new year's drinks reception on 22 February 2001. The cost was £2,248.38.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

416 c1000W;416 c998W; 145595

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Christmas Expenditure Entertainments Department for Culture, Media and Sport Christmas cards

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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