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Ministers: Corporate Hospitality and Official Gifts

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 26 November 2025UIN 92005

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question HL11349 on Ministers: Corporate Hospitality and Official Gifts, whether the register published on gov.uk since July 2024 lists gifts and hospitality which are initially accepted but then (a) returned or (b) repaid.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

Hospitality and gifts received by Ministers in their ministerial capacity are declared in accordance with the Ministerial Code.

The Cabinet Office publishes guidance setting out the process that departments should follow to complete the publication of the Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministers-gifts-and-hospitality-publication-guidance/ministers-gifts-and-hospitality-publication-guidance.

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