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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-07-02more like thismore than 2015-07-02
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Embassies: Drinks more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much UK embassies spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available. more like this
tabling member constituency West Bromwich East more like this
tabling member printed
Tom Watson remove filter
uin 5474 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-07-09more like thismore than 2015-07-09
answer text <p>Spend by the Private Office on tea, coffee and water provided during official meetings in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) totalled £2820.86 in 2014-15. No funds were spent on wine or other alcoholic refreshments for meetings in the FCO. For comparison, the spend in 2009-10 was £7,340.16.</p><p>It is not possible to give figures for spending on beverages for other official hospitality in the UK or for overseas trips as they are not recorded separately and to identify them would incur disproportionate cost.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Aylesbury more like this
answering member printed Mr David Lidington more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-07-09T16:35:30.9Zmore like thismore than 2015-07-09T16:35:30.9Z
answering member
15
label Biography information for Sir David Lidington more like this
tabling member
1463
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest more like this