Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Department’s publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: January 2023, published 31 May 2023, for (a) which individuals and (b) how many nights was accommodation purchased at (i) Hotel Taj Samudra on 20 January 2023 and (ii) JW Golf on 23 January 2023; and what was the purpose of those stays.

The purpose of these stays was to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meetings for G20 as well as provide diplomacy and engagement with the Sri Lankan government.