Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for March 2022, for which individuals was accommodation purchased at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on (a) 7 March and (b) 15 March 2022; and what was the purpose of those stays at that hotel.

These transactions are for accommodation for a total of six members of staff, including the COP Envoy and the COP President, for three nights during a ministerial visit to Vietnam from 15-18 February in order to pursue a Just Energy Transition Partnership with Vietnam.