Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Official Hospitality
Commons · Question 25953 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Allister
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department has and (b) his Department's arms length bodies have spent on hospitality in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) since 5 July 2024.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 27 Jan 2025
We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations. All Business Units within Defra have a responsibility to carefully manage official hospitality costs and demonstrate good value for money. Details of ministerial...