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166234

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	Take-away Food
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 take-away food for staff since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216089
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 216180 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

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

166242

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The provision of hospitality, at functions within HM Treasury for Treasury staff, other Whitehall civil servants and non-executive directors has been prohibited since 1 July 2010. Hospitality may be provided where external guests are present. The attendance of Treasury staff at such meetings is dependent on a necessary business need and their number should not exceed the number of external guests.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>£000 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>HMT</em><sup>(<em> 1</em>)</sup></p></td><td><p><em>DMO</em><sup>(<em> 1</em>)</sup></p></td><td><p><em>APA</em><sup>(<em> 2</em>)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>(1)</sup> Data for HM Treasury and DMO are only available from 2002-03 due to the introduction of a new accounting system in that year.<br> <sup>(2)</sup> APA was formed in December 2009.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/01/2015 17:02:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166246

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Take-away Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/12/2014 13:31:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166257

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Take-away Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>I would refer the hon. Member to the comprehensive answers given by my hon. Friend, the Member for Great Yarmouth (Brandon Lewis) of 19 December 2012, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 837W and 9 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 239W, which provides comparative figures on how we have drastically reduced expenditure, compared to Labour’s profligate spending and their Ministerial wining and dining. The limited spending we do undertake is for the likes of conferences, all-day courses or formal events, and we have recently further tightened guidance to staff.</p><p>I note the hon. Member has recently tried to reheat the false Labour claims about Ministerial spending on biscuits – to which there is not a crumb of truth. Under this Government, we do not routinely incur any expenditure on refreshments for Ministers other than “de minimis” expenditure on tea and coffee for Ministers’ meetings with external visitors, or on the rare occasion when Ministers undertake overnight stays on official business outside London.</p><p>Our departmental savings have also been assisted by terminating ministerial group spending on Government procurement cards, as practiced by the Labour Government at taxpayers' expense at the likes of Sky City Casino, the Cinnamon Club, the Wolseley, Brasserie 44, Boisdales, Inn the Park, Mango Tree, Shepherds, Incognico, Buffalo Bar, Mr Chu's China Palace, Tantric Jazz and Fat Tuesdays. It was the Labour Ministers who had their hands in the taxpayer-funded cookie jar.</p><p>Indeed, in her answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, <em>House of Lords</em>, Column 367W, my noble friend, Baroness Stowell, helpfully provided a breakdown of the £795,288 of hospitality spending from 2008-10 under the last Labour Government, which can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2014-0697/PQ-2369_Library_deposit_HL_6297.docx" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2014-0697/PQ-2369_Library_deposit_HL_6297.docx</a></p><p>The Department does not routinely provide take-away food for its staff, so this information is not centrally held in the form requested.</p><p>I would observe that during the time the hon. Member was a special adviser at HM Treasury from 2004 to 2007 under the tutelage of the Rt. hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Gordon Brown), a total of £125,020 was spent on hospitality for Ministers (as cited in 17 December 2008, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 824W). Based on <em>The Economist’s</em> purchasing power parity index, this would have been sufficient to purchase 65,856 Big Macs. I hope the hon. Member got fries with that.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 216181 question first answered 10/12/2014 16:00:35 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166268

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>I would refer the hon. Member to the comprehensive answers given by my hon. Friend, the Member for Great Yarmouth (Brandon Lewis) of 19 December 2012, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 837W and 9 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 239W, which provides comparative figures on how we have drastically reduced expenditure, compared to Labour’s profligate spending and their Ministerial wining and dining. The limited spending we do undertake is for the likes of conferences, all-day courses or formal events, and we have recently further tightened guidance to staff.</p><p>I note the hon. Member has recently tried to reheat the false Labour claims about Ministerial spending on biscuits – to which there is not a crumb of truth. Under this Government, we do not routinely incur any expenditure on refreshments for Ministers other than “de minimis” expenditure on tea and coffee for Ministers’ meetings with external visitors, or on the rare occasion when Ministers undertake overnight stays on official business outside London.</p><p>Our departmental savings have also been assisted by terminating ministerial group spending on Government procurement cards, as practiced by the Labour Government at taxpayers' expense at the likes of Sky City Casino, the Cinnamon Club, the Wolseley, Brasserie 44, Boisdales, Inn the Park, Mango Tree, Shepherds, Incognico, Buffalo Bar, Mr Chu's China Palace, Tantric Jazz and Fat Tuesdays. It was the Labour Ministers who had their hands in the taxpayer-funded cookie jar.</p><p>Indeed, in her answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, <em>House of Lords</em>, Column 367W, my noble friend, Baroness Stowell, helpfully provided a breakdown of the £795,288 of hospitality spending from 2008-10 under the last Labour Government, which can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2014-0697/PQ-2369_Library_deposit_HL_6297.docx" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2014-0697/PQ-2369_Library_deposit_HL_6297.docx</a></p><p>The Department does not routinely provide take-away food for its staff, so this information is not centrally held in the form requested.</p><p>I would observe that during the time the hon. Member was a special adviser at HM Treasury from 2004 to 2007 under the tutelage of the Rt. hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Gordon Brown), a total of £125,020 was spent on hospitality for Ministers (as cited in 17 December 2008, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 824W). Based on <em>The Economist’s</em> purchasing power parity index, this would have been sufficient to purchase 65,856 Big Macs. I hope the hon. Member got fries with that.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 216090 question first answered 10/12/2014 16:00:35 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
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

166273

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	Take-away Food
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 take-away food for staff since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The DCMS’ finance information system does not identify expenditure for take away food separately. Therefore this information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 03/12/2014 16:14:33 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166274

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	Take-away Food
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 take-away food for staff since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The amount spent on take-away food is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/12/2014 16:35:30 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth