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 David Mundell (Conservative) on Friday, 2 February 2018 on behalf of the Scotland Office.

Scotland Office: Public Expenditure

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.

Answer

The Scotland Office has not purchased any original art in any of the last seven financial years; all artwork in our buildings is on loan from the government art collection or the National Galleries of Scotland. The Scotland Office does not separately record wine costs. Any such costs will be met from within the Office's events or hospitality budget. All expenditure incurred is in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.

The hospitality spend is shown below:

2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
£27,793	£25,466	£37,865	£24,973	£9,905	£8,987	£453

From 2016, events spend has been recorded separately to hospitality spend. This is reflected in the figures above and I refer the hon Member to my answer to the hon Member for Edinburgh North and Leith on 14 December 2017 (UIN 118330).

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Type: Written question
Reference: 124718
Session: 2017-19
Related items: Scotland Office: Official Hospitality
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Written questions
House of Commons; Scotland Office: Official Hospitality
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Artworks Public expenditure Wines Scotland Office Official hospitality
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Scotland Office: Public Expenditure

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