Written question asked by Lord Austin of Dudley (Labour) on Friday, 7 October 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 October 2011. It was answered by Chloe Smith (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 on behalf of the Treasury.

Departmental Official Hospitality

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in his Department in each of the last 12 months.

Answer

Spending by Treasury Ministers during the period October 2010 to September 2011 on official hospitality is shown in the following table.

	£
October 2010-September 2011	6,612

Spending on hospitality in previous financial years was:

	£000
2007-08	125
2008-09	91
2009-10	116
2010-11	40

Expenditure on official hospitality is kept under rigorous scrutiny to ensure value for money and effectiveness and is incurred in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity, Propriety and Value for Money.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 73664; 537 c1155W
Session: 2010-12
Subjects: Treasury Official hospitality
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Departmental Official Hospitality

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