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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 Caroline Dinenage (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 February 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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

The expenditure incurred by the Department on hospitality over the past seven years is in the table and the Department cannot identify expenditure in more detail. The Department has no recorded expenditure on the purchase of art.

Year

Total Hospitality (£s)

2010-11

153,654

2011-12

75,035

2012-13

935,699*

2013-14

11,282

2014-15

14,340

2015-16

7,748

2016-17

9,497

Note:

*In 2012-13, some spend relating to conference costs has been miscoded to the hospitality account code. There is no means to identify the miscoded spend and thus hospitality spend is not separately identifiable in this financial year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
124708
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Artworks Public expenditure Wines Official hospitality Department of Health and Social Care
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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