A document presented by beleaguered faith-based tourism boss Andre Curtis to the media as a "complete breakdown" of his spending of public funds last year was a "working draft", it was revealed yesterday.

Mr. Curtis produced the printout at a press conference he called a week ago in response to calls for him to explain how he had used $600,000 of taxpayers' cash he has been given by Government over a two year period.

He said an explanation to how $200,000 was spent in the financial year 2006/7 could be found in answers to parliamentary questions posed to Premier Ewart Brown by Opposition Leader Michael Dunkley in June.

Referring to the document, Mr. Curtis said: "A complete breakdown was sent to show how it was spent, although the Opposition kept talking to the media as if they had not received this information."

Mr. Dunkley suggested on Friday that the document might not be authentic. And yesterday, the Premier's press secretary Glenn Jones said: "It is understood that the document published last week was a working draft released to the media before all the relevant information was collected."

He explained that the Ministry of Transport and Tourism was in the process of answering the questions but more financial research was required before that could be done in full.

Former Opposition Leader Wayne Furbert first raised questions earlier this month about how Mr. Curtis, who runs the Premier's constituency committee in Warwick South Central, was spending public money.

He claimed that the Government's Faith-based Tourism initiative - which encourages churches to bring large groups to Bermuda for conferences and events - was a way for Dr. Brown to reward a political supporter.

Mr. Curtis said last week he had organised ten events, as required in his contract, for the coming year, though the Department of Tourism website lists just one.

Mr. Dunkley last night repeated calls for more information. "There are legitimate outstanding questions about the use of public monies by Mr. Andre Curtis," he said. "People want to know what's going on yet we have received no clear answers from either the Government or Mr. Curtis.

"Last week's 'answers' to our parliamentary questions are being downgraded by the Premier's press secretary as a 'working draft' and not official. His statement goes to the essence of the problem with the faith-based tourism issue. No one knows what's going on. No one knows who's doing what. And no one appears to know what is the truth and what is not. There is simply no accountability."

Dr. Brown said yesterday he would not answer the Opposition Leader's questions until the next parliamentary session in November. He added that he and other Government ministries dealt with such questions on a regular basis.

"The only thing different about this occasion is that the Opposition has used the press to drum up excitement over these questions even before they have been officially answered," said the Premier. "It is a tactic they have used before.

"Furthermore, all tourism contract holders are held to account for their work by civil servants at the Department of Tourism and by unbiased and non-prejudicial audits by the Office of (the) Auditor General. These standards help protect the public purse and make contract holders answerable to the people of Bermuda.

"There are numerous Government contracts at the Department of Tourism that face the same consistent scrutiny but are not subjected to such allegations and innuendo."

Mr. Dunkley said: "The Premier can play games with the Opposition but he should remember that he is in office to serve the public and that the public deserves the answers."