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<p>The Department for International Trade has spent a total of £276,815 on refreshments
in the financial years 2017/18 and 2018/19. This cost includes both the UK and overseas.</p><p>
</p><p>The breakdown is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2017 – March 2018</p></td><td><p>£118,579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 – March
2019</p></td><td><p>£158,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£276,815</strong>
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</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Staff at the Department for International Trade are located
across more than one hundred countries and as we prepare to leave the EU, our ministers
and Department for International Trade staff regularly travel overseas to build relationships
with key global trading partners and the Department uses refreshment for diplomatic
entertainment on trade issues.</p><p> </p><p>This includes through the 14 trade working
groups we have set up across 21 countries to advance the UK's trade and investment
relationships and scope out the potential for future free trade agreements. The figures
include overseas spending.</p>
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