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>
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>
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>
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The department has spent the following on hospitality in the last seven financial years:<\/p>
Financial year<\/p><\/td> | Amount (£)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016-17<\/p><\/td> | 1,952.51<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-16<\/p><\/td> | 8,151.45<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014-15<\/p><\/td> | 3,237.68<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013-14<\/p><\/td> | 625.73<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012-13<\/p><\/td> | 928.86<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011-12<\/p><\/td> | 68.63<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010-11<\/p><\/td> | 3,903.53<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The department does not hold specific data for how much has been spent on art and wine in the last seven financial years, only information on items that have been ordered from the government wine cellar (one occasion in 2014-15 totalling £113.05).<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/829990/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " a) All art used within the Department\u2019s headquarters is on loan from the government art collection, while other images used around the building are sourced through typesetting contracts. Therefore, the department has not incurred any expenditure specifically on the purchase of artwork in the last 7 financial years.<\/p> <\/p> b) The Department\u2019s policy on Travel and Subsistence is that staff are not able to reclaim alcoholic beverages as expenses. Over the 7 year financial periods, no alcohol has been purchased for use within the Department\u2019s premises, except where paid for (and not reclaimed) by DfT staff, or Ministers.<\/p> <\/p> c) Hospitality is appropriate only exceptionally where there are external visitors. Information on spend incurred in the previous 7 financial years is provided in the following table:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2010/11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014/15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015/16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016/17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Central Department DfTc<\/p><\/td> £120,646<\/p><\/td> £67,362<\/p><\/td> £49,202<\/p><\/td> £63,850<\/p><\/td> £81,237<\/p><\/td> £103,173<\/p><\/td> £102,537<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Executive Agencies:<\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> DVSA<\/p><\/td> £663<\/p><\/td> £235<\/p><\/td> £199<\/p><\/td> £6,132<\/p><\/td> £140<\/p><\/td> £74<\/p><\/td> £15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> DVLA<\/p><\/td> £64,561<\/p><\/td> £63,220<\/p><\/td> £52,752<\/p><\/td> £56,510<\/p><\/td> £30,233<\/p><\/td> £24,571<\/p><\/td> £26,244<\/p><\/td><\/tr> MCA<\/p><\/td> £16,516<\/p><\/td> £13,442<\/p><\/td> £20,966<\/p><\/td> £21,858<\/p><\/td> £14,016<\/p><\/td> £28,195<\/p><\/td> £27,995<\/p><\/td><\/tr> VCA<\/p><\/td> £14,322<\/p><\/td> £13,290<\/p><\/td> £21,002<\/p><\/td> £10,764<\/p><\/td> £13,852<\/p><\/td> £9,377<\/p><\/td> £7,395<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total Expenditure<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £216,707 <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £157,549 <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £144,121 <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £159,114 <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £139,478 <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £165,390 <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £164,187 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> By way of comparison, it has previously been put on record that the Department and its Executive Agencies (including the Highways Agency at that time) spent £647,623 on hospitality in 2009/10.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/829993", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Scotland Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/829993/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Scotland Office has not purchased any original art in any of the last seven financial years; all artwork in our buildings is on loan from the government art collection or the National Galleries of Scotland. The Scotland Office does not separately record wine costs. Any such costs will be met from within the Office's events or hospitality budget. All expenditure incurred is in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.<\/p> The hospitality spend is shown below:<\/p> 2010-11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011-12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> £27,793<\/p><\/td> £25,466<\/p><\/td> £37,865<\/p><\/td> £24,973<\/p><\/td> £9,905<\/p><\/td> £8,987<\/p><\/td> £453<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> From 2016, events spend has been recorded separately to hospitality spend. This is reflected in the figures above and I refer the hon Member to my answer to the hon Member for Edinburgh North and Leith on 14 December 2017 (UIN 118330).<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/829996", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/829996/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Figures for hospitality can be found in the table below. 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> <\/strong><\/p> Financial Yr<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Hospitality<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Catering<\/ins><\/p><\/td> H&C<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 201718 YTD<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 23,017<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 23,400<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 46,417 <\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016/17<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 10,130<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 42,068<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 52,199 <\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015/16<\/ins><\/p><\/td> -3,415<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 13,059<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 9,644 <\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 35,860<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 54,432<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 117,145 <\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/ins> 2013/14<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 3,816<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 14,920<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 18,735 <\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 17,980<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 37,475<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 55,455 <\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 39,788<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31,527<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 71,315 <\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 40,573<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 1,371<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 41,943 <\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 167,749<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 218,251 <\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 386,000<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> |