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Treasury: Official Hospitality

Asked by Jim AllisterTraditional Unionist VoiceTreasuryTabled Answered 27 January 2025UIN 25952

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) her Department has and (b) her Department's arms length bodies have spent on hospitality in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) since 5 July 2024.

Answered by James Murray

We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations. All Business Units within the Chancellor’s Department have a responsibility to carefully manage official hospitality costs and demonstrate good value for money.

Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis, and are available on GOV.UK.

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