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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Department for International Trade more like this
answering dept id 202 more like this
answering dept short name International Trade more like this
answering dept sort name International Trade more like this
hansard heading Department for International Trade: Official Hospitality more like this
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legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on other catering and hospitality costs in each of the last three accounting years. more like this
tabling member constituency Arundel and South Downs more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Griffith more like this
uin 38956 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-28more like thismore than 2020-04-28
answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has spent the amounts listed below for catering and hospitality in the financial years 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. This cost includes both the UK and overseas.</p><p><br>The breakdown is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Financial Year </strong></td><td><strong> Amount</strong></td></tr><tr><td>April 2017 - March 2018</td><td>£118,579.00</td></tr><tr><td>April 2018 - March 2019</td><td>£158,236.00</td></tr><tr><td>April 2019 – March 2020</td><td>£207,652.07</td></tr><tr><td><strong> Total </strong></td><td><strong>£484,467.07</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Staff at the DIT are located across more than one hundred countries and as we prepare to leave the EU, our ministers and DIT staff regularly travel overseas to build relationships with key global trading partners and the Department provides hospitality or diplomatic entertainment on trade issues.</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>
answering member constituency Bournemouth West more like this
answering member printed Conor Burns more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-28T16:58:05.073Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-28T16:58:05.073Z
answering member
3922
label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns more like this
tabling member
4874
label Biography information for Andrew Griffith more like this