Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500, what items of equipment were hired from Hireacamera.com Ltd. on (a) 2-4 June 2021 and (b) 2 November 2021; for what tasks that equipment was hired, and for what reasons the equipment owned by his Department was not considered suitable for those tasks.

The equipment hired were cameras and lenses used at (a) G7 event (b) Cx event.

The costs associated to (a) were deposits which were reimbursed to HMT between 10-16 July 2021.