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Written question asked by Richard Holden (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 April 2025 (named day). It was answered by Emma Hardy (Labour) on Thursday, 17 April 2025 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Environment Agency: Calder Conferences

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled Defra: spending over £500, January 2025, published on 21 March 2025, what the Environment Agency purchased in the 95 transactions to Calders in January 2025.

Answer

In January 2025 the 95 transactions to Calders by the Environment Agency relate to its corporate contract for the provision of external meeting rooms and conference facilities. The dates in January relate to payment date and the provision of meeting rooms in these cases covered dates in October, November and December 2024.

The Cabinet Office has recently announced measures to cut down on this kind of expenditure. This is to correct the lack of respect for public money by the previous government, which allowed this type of spend to be entirely unchecked and unmonitored, including for the time that he was a minister in that department.

The policy detail can be found here: Government-branded merchandise and away days banned - GOV.UK

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
43114
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Expenditure Environment Agency Calder Conferences
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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