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Written question asked by Justin Madders (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 January 2018. It was answered by Robert Jenrick (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 January 2018 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury: Public Expenditure

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.

Answer

HM Treasury does not own, pay for or insure any art in the building it occupies at 1 Horse Guard’s Road. Art that is displayed throughout the building is rented from the Government Art Collection at nil cost.

Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering.

The breakdown of the core department’s hospitality costs for the last seven years can be found in the table below.

Financial year

Hospitality

2011-12

£14,453

2012-13

£6,224

2013-14

£12,568

2014-15

£8,994

2015-16

£24,133

2016-17

£10,023

2017-18*

£3,702

*the 2017-18 costs reflect amounts paid and accrued in the financial year to date.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
124700
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Artworks Public expenditure Wines Treasury Official hospitality
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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