Michael Ellis corrected a written answer on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Expenditure

6 April 2018 · Commons written answer · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Justin Madders (Labour, Ellesmere Port and Neston) asked written question 124720 on 24 January 2018. Michael Ellis answered on 2 February 2018 for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Michael Ellis corrected the answer on 6 April 2018. The correction replaced 8 figures (117,144, 18,736, 194,600, 218,252, 40572, 412,852) with 8 figures (117,145, 167,749, 18,735, 218,251, 35,860, 386,000). Altogether 144 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.

Original and corrected answer

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Figures for hospitality can be found in the table below. Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering. \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| Financial Yr \| Hospitality \| Catering \| H&C 201718 YTD \| 23017 \| 23400 \| 46,417 2016/17 \| 10130 \| 42068 \| 52,198 2015/16 \| -3415 \| 13059 \| 9,644 2014/15 \| 62712 \| 54432 \| 117,144 2013/14 \| 3816 \| 14920 \| 18,736 2012/13 \| 17980 \| 37475 \| 55,455 2011/12 \| 39788 \| 31527 \| 71,315 2010/11 \| 40572 \| 1371 \| 41,943 Total \| 194,600 \| 218,252 \| 412,852 We do not hold figures for spending on art, separate from the Government Art Collection	Figures for hospitality can be found in the table below. Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering. Financial Yr \| Hospitality \| Catering \| H&C 201718 YTD \| 23,017 \| 23,400 \| 46,417 2016/17 \| 10,130 \| 42,068 \| 52,199 2015/16 \| -3,415 \| 13,059 \| 9,644 2014/15 \| 35,860 \| 54,432 \| 117,145 2013/14 \| 3,816 \| 14,920 \| 18,735 2012/13 \| 17,980 \| 37,475 \| 55,455 2011/12 \| 39,788 \| 31,527 \| 71,315 2010/11 \| 40,573 \| 1,371 \| 41,943 Total \| 167,749 \| 218,251 \| 386,000 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| We do not hold figures for spending on art, separate from the Government Art Collection

Original

Corrected

Figures for hospitality can be found in the table below. Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering.
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Financial Yr
| Hospitality
| Catering
| H&C
201718 YTD
| 23017
| 23400
| 46,417
2016/17
| 10130
| 42068
| 52,198
2015/16
| -3415
| 13059
| 9,644
2014/15
| 62712
| 54432
| 117,144
2013/14
| 3816
| 14920
| 18,736
2012/13
| 17980
| 37475
| 55,455
2011/12
| 39788
| 31527
| 71,315
2010/11
| 40572
| 1371
| 41,943
Total
| 194,600
| 218,252
| 412,852
We do not hold figures for spending on art, separate from the Government Art Collection

Figures for hospitality can be found in the table below. Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering.
Financial Yr
| Hospitality
| Catering
| H&C
201718 YTD
| 23,017
| 23,400
| 46,417
2016/17
| 10,130
| 42,068
| 52,199
2015/16
| -3,415
| 13,059
| 9,644
2014/15
| 35,860
| 54,432
| 117,145
2013/14
| 3,816
| 14,920
| 18,735
2012/13
| 17,980
| 37,475
| 55,455
2011/12
| 39,788
| 31,527
| 71,315
2010/11
| 40,573
| 1,371
| 41,943
Total
| 167,749
| 218,251
| 386,000
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We do not hold figures for spending on art, separate from the Government Art Collection

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