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829965

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure
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 (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has not purchased any art within the previous 7 financial years from 2010-11 to 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on hospitality is not held centrally and therefore is only available at disproportionate cost. Overall spend on Travel, Subsistence and Hospitality can be found in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts. The annual report and accounts for financial year 2010-11 to 2016-17 are accessible from the Gov.uk website at www.gov.uk/government/publications</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on wine is not held centrally and therefore is only available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 01/02/2018 12:29:06 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829966

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Public Expenditure
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 (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not own, pay for or insure any art in the building it occupies at 1 Horse Guard’s Road. Art that is displayed throughout the building is rented from the Government Art Collection at nil cost.</p><p> </p><p>Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of the core department’s hospitality costs for the last seven years can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Hospitality</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£14,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£12,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£8,994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£24,133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£10,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18*</p></td><td><p>£3,702</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*the 2017-18 costs reflect amounts paid and accrued in the financial year to date.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2018 14:31:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829967

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Public Expenditure
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 (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>a) The information regarding the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) expenditure on art is publicly available as part of the FCO's annual report on the gov.uk website. The FCO accounts for art as expenditure under Antiques and Works of Art representations of the FCO.</p><p>b) No central record is held of global expenditure on wines and spirits in the UK and overseas FCO. The Government Wine Cellar is managed by the FCO's Protocol Department and has been self-financing since 2011: costs are covered by sales of older, higher value stock. An annual report on the Government Wine Cellar is presented to Parliament each year under cover of a Written Ministerial Statement and is available on the gov.uk website.</p><p>c) The FCO accounts for its hospitality expenditure under Representation of the FCO and Business Hospitality. The total cost is</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£7,840,245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£8,206,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£9,096,057</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£9,010,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£8,177,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£7,984,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£9,386,848</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 01/02/2018 16:19:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829969

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much his Department has spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality since it was established.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union has procured the following according to the information held by the Department’s finance system:</p><ol><li><p>£580 was spent on the removal and installation of artwork in Departmental offices.</p></li><li><p>There are no identifiable transactions specifically relating to the purchase of wine.</p></li><li><p>The Department has spent £10,971 on hospitality since the creation of the Department.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 01/02/2018 14:43:41 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829972

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
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 (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>There has been no Departmental expenditure on acquiring art items over the last seven years. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) Art Collection has been disestablished and ownership of the most significant works have been transferred to other public institutions in order to ensure their continued protection and public display.</p><p>The amount spent on wine and hospitality is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The MOD has strict rules on hospitality, including the purchase of alcohol.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/02/2018 16:14:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829973

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Public Expenditure
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 (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The spend figures on Hospitality are reported in the Home Office published Report and Accounts under ‘Travel, Subsistence and Hospitality’ for the following financial years.</p><p>FY2016/17 page 115:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf<br>FY2015/16 - page 132:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf<br>FY2014/15 – page 123<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf<br>FY2013/14 – page 109<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf<br>FY2012/13 – page 131<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf<br>FY2011/12 – page 134<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf<br>FY2010/11 – page 113<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 31/01/2018 12:35:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829975

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Information to answer this question is not held at departmental level. A check would have to be made of individual premises across the HMCTS and HMPPS estates to obtain the information requested and this would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, I can advise that the Ministry’s policy on Gifts and Hospitality states:</p><p> </p><p>When providing in-house hospitality (e.g. conferences and away days) for MoJ people, no alcohol is to be paid for from departmental funds. When providing hospitality to external parties, then discretion can be exercised with Director-level approval, e.g. a modest amount of wine with a meal.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 01/02/2018 14:41:59 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829977

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The expenditure incurred by the Department on hospitality over the past seven years is in the table and the Department cannot identify expenditure in more detail. The Department has no recorded expenditure on the purchase of art.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Hospitality (£s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>153,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>75,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>935,699*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>11,282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>14,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>7,748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>9,497</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>*In 2012-13, some spend relating to conference costs has been miscoded to the hospitality account code. There is no means to identify the miscoded spend and thus hospitality spend is not separately identifiable in this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/02/2018 11:53:21 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829979

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 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.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not purchase art. Any works of art held by the Department are loaned from the Government Art Collection.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s expenses policy does not allow staff to claim for the cost of alcohol of any kind. Wine is very occasionally provided at events for external stakeholders but the cost of beverages is not recorded separately within the cost of catering and hospitality.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on catering and hospitality, covering the financial years since the Department was formed, is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17 (audited) </strong> (August 2016 – March 2017)</p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18 (unaudited)<br> </strong>(April 2017 – December 2017)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Catering and Hospitality</p></td><td><p>£53,761</p></td><td><p>£48,596</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 30/01/2018 15:12:47 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829982

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 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.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>a) Since 2010 the Department procured a printed portrait of Her Majesty the Queen for display in the reception of Eland House at a cost of £256.74 including VAT. This was funded from savings made by consolidating seven sets of papers and periodicals for Ministers and special advisers, delivering over £15,000 a year in on-going revenue savings. Previously the Department did not possess a portrait of Her Majesty, despite it being the legal title holder of the Government's civil estate on behalf of the crown. No artworks have been purchased by the Department in the timescale indicated.</p><p>b) Records indicate the Department spent £708 with Majestic Wine in 2010-11. There is no record of any further spend on wine in the timescale indicated.</p><p>c) I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 107801 on 24 October 2017. Spending for catering and hospitality is down to £9,822 in 2016-17 from £456,142 in 2009-10. This is a total reduction of £446,320 or 98 per cent over the years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 02/02/2018 12:48:33 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders