Written question asked by Andrew Bridgen (Conservative) on Monday, 4 April 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 26 April 2011. It was answered by Robert Neill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 May 2011 on behalf of the Audit Commission.
Audit Commission
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at which restaurants in London meals have been paid for using public funds by the Audit Commission in the last 18 months.
- Answer
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This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to write to my hon. Friend direct.For the interests of clarity, the meal with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury was under the last Administration.Letter from Eugene Sullivan, dated 3 May 2010:"Your Parliamentary Question outlined above has been passed to me to reply.""Audit Commission staff regularly stay overnight in London while attending meetings at the Commission's Millbank office, or ""meeting with clients, including other inspectorates, government departments and representative bodies, in the London area. The cost of evening meals are incorporated into .the hotel accommodation invoices and we are unable to extract this information without incurring disproportionate costs. We are able to identify a list of payments made to London restaurants where groups of staff have eaten outside of the hotel or where hospitality has been provided to other inspectorates and government departments and the Government Procurement Card has been used."
Restaurant Occasion Total (£) Quirinale Hospitality—HM Chief Inspector Ofsted 87.69 Casa Madeira Staff evening meal 16.95 Garfunkels Staff evening meal 20.00 Pizza Express Staff evening meal 22.00 Bella Italia Staff evening meal 23.55 Pizza Express Staff evening meal 29.00 Millbank Spice Staff group evening meal 62.70 Pizza Express Staff group evening meal 44.99 Pizza Express Staff group evening meal 42.01 Millbank Spice Staff group evening meal 30.91 Pizza Express Staff group evening meal 49.20 Bentleys Seafood Restaurant Board Dinner 770.21 Sofitel St James Hospitality—Chief Secretary to the Treasury 96.75
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 51977; 527 c663-4W
- Session
- 2010-12
- Related items
- Subjects
- Audit Commission Restaurants
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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