10 Downing Street

(asked on 27th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the public purse funded any of the party refreshments consumed within No.10 Downing Street on 20 May 2021.


Answered by
Michael Ellis Portrait
Michael Ellis
This question was answered on 1st February 2022

The report undertaken by the Second Permanent Secretary - available in the Library of the House - did not identify any allegations relating to staff gatherings on this date.

For the avoidance of doubt, there was no such expenditure on 20 May 2020 either.

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