Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money her Department has spent on hospitality in each of the last five years.

The Department’s guidance on hospitality is in accordance with financial procedures and propriety, based on the principles set out in Government Accounting.

Given the nature of this type of expenditure, it is likely that there will be some variation in the levels incurred year on year but in the context of the overall budget managed by the Department, the amounts incurred shown in the table below are less than 0.0001% of overall expenditure.

Expenditure on hospitality in each of the last five years is set out in the table below.