Written questions

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...