Viscount Thurso corrected the Commons record on Food and Drink Subsidy

9 May 2013 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections · House of Commons Commission

The words were spoken in the Commons on 28 February 2013. Viscount Thurso made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 9 May 2013. The correction replaced 2 figures (£5.1 million, £5.9 million) with 3 figures (8 million, £5, £5.2 million). Altogether 5 words differ between the two versions.

The question

7. What progress the Commission has made on reducing the subsidy on food and drink served in the House.

Original and corrected words

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The cost of the catering service is expected to have been reduced by £1.1 million over the past three years. It stood at ~~£5.9~~ million in 2010-11 and ~~£5.1~~ million in 2011-12. The forecast cost for the current financial year is £4.8 million. The current aim is to reduce the cost further so that by 2015 it should be reduced by £3 million, roughly half of what it was at the start of the Parliament.	The cost of the catering service is expected to have been reduced by £1.1 million over the past three years. It stood at £5. 8 million in 2010-11 and £5.2 million in 2011-12. The forecast cost for the current financial year is £4.8 million. The current aim is to reduce the cost further so that by 2015 it should be reduced by £3 million, roughly half of what it was at the start of the Parliament.

Original

Corrected

The cost of the catering service is expected to have been reduced by £1.1 million over the past three years. It stood at ~~£5.9~~ million in 2010-11 and ~~£5.1~~ million in 2011-12. The forecast cost for the current financial year is £4.8 million. The current aim is to reduce the cost further so that by 2015 it should be reduced by £3 million, roughly half of what it was at the start of the Parliament.

The cost of the catering service is expected to have been reduced by £1.1 million over the past three years. It stood at £5. 8 million in 2010-11 and £5.2 million in 2011-12. The forecast cost for the current financial year is £4.8 million. The current aim is to reduce the cost further so that by 2015 it should be reduced by £3 million, roughly half of what it was at the start of the Parliament.

The correction in Hansard.

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