Department for International Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

(asked on 12th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department’s published spending by electronic purchasing card solution over £500 for May 2022, who attended the meal purchased for £656.00 at Quilon on 27 May 2022; and whether the transaction included expenditure on alcoholic beverages.


Answered by
Nigel Huddleston Portrait
Nigel Huddleston
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 20th December 2022

This was hospitality spend on lunch on 27 May 2022 for a visiting Indian Government Delegation. The delegation were visiting London as part of the UK-India Trade Negotiation discussions and a Department for International Trade-hosted Round Table event. 7 Indian Government officials were hosted by 3 UK Government officials. There was no alcohol purchased during the lunch.

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