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166235

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) the Deputy Prime Minister's Office have spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Deputy Prime Minister's Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>Information on official and charity receptions hosted by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minster, including costs, is available on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> website.</p><p>Any expenditure on catering and hospitality is made in accordance with published guidance on financial procedures and propriety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 216089 216180 question first answered 03/12/2014 14:52:23 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166236

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Deputy Prime Minister's Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>Information on official and charity receptions hosted by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minster, including costs, is available on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> website.</p><p>Any expenditure on catering and hospitality is made in accordance with published guidance on financial procedures and propriety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 216089 216206 question first answered 03/12/2014 14:52:23 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166269

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Expenditure on catering and hospitality in the run up to 2012 was influenced by the requirements associated with the successful delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, after which spending returned to modest levels, this set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year </strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Central DCMS spending</strong></p><p><strong>£s</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Olympics &amp; Paralympics spending</strong></p><p><strong>£s</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p><strong>Total DCMS spending</strong></p><p><strong>£s</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>27,555</p></td><td> </td><td><p>19,241</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p>46,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td> </td><td><p>21,400</p></td><td> </td><td><p>90,951</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p>112,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td> </td><td><p>19,148</p></td><td> </td><td><p>104,084</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p>123,232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td> </td><td><p>7,415</p></td><td> </td><td><p>200</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p>7,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>113,199</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>195,234</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>308,434</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The central DCMS spending figure over the last four years has been significantly lower than the figures between 2007 and 2010. In each of those financial years the figure was over £65,000 and in 2009-10 it was £82,076. In just four years, this spending figure has been cut by some 90 per cent, demonstrating this Government’s determination to avoid the worst excesses of the past.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 03/12/2014 16:11:42 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166282

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The amount spent on catering and hospitality is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/12/2014 16:36:23 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166283

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Detailed information in the form requested is not held centrally and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 03/12/2014 17:58:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166303

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The total amount spent on catering and hospitality in Core Defra between May 2010 and 31 March 2014 (the latest date for which audited information is available) was £1.566m.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 03/12/2014 12:25:17 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166326

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The net amount spent on hospitality and catering with the contracted caterer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the UK during the period May 2010 to November 2014 is £818,259. The equivalent figure for spend with the contracted caterer for the period 2005-2010 is £1,599,274.</p><p> </p><p>The FCO provides hospitality for a wide range of Government events to support the UK's national interests, promote British business and attract foreign investment. All spending is rigorously scrutinised to ensure that it represents good value for money for British taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure by overseas posts is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 03/12/2014 15:08:55 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166329

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has spent the following on hospitality in each financial year:</p><p> </p><p>Financial year £</p><p> </p><p>2009-10 937,578.56</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 629,478.02</p><p> </p><p>2011-12 452,893.27</p><p> </p><p>2012-13 385,998.40</p><p> </p><p>2013-14 193,591.20</p><p> </p><p>2014-15 (to 27/10/14) 95,621.56</p><p> </p><p>For 2013-14, the most recent annual data, this represented £743,987.36 reduction on 20019-10, the last full year of data for the previous Government.</p><p> </p><p>These costs include the provision of refreshments for external meetings and visitors hosted in the Department's buildings. Departmental policy is not to provide refreshments for internal meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 03/12/2014 17:47:49 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166385

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The amount spent on catering and hospitality in the Department for the full financial years covering April 2008 to March 2014 is provided in the table below. There has been a considerable reduction in expenditure since May 2010 compared to the final years of the previous Labour Government.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£2,073,000</p></td><td><p>£2,395,000</p></td><td><p>£813,632</p></td><td><p>£513,165</p></td><td><p>£400,890</p></td><td><p>£431,551</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/12/2014 13:59:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166386

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010 and across our 2 UK headquarters and 30 overseas offices DFID has spent £597,489.16 on catering and hospitality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 03/12/2014 17:48:56 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth