Ministry of Justice: Official Hospitality
(asked on 29th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
This question was answered on 6th July 2022
The cost breakdown of hospitality spend for MoJ is set out in the table below.
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Hospitality | £48,865.22 | £3,126.91 | £20,648.07 |
Catering for both internal and external meetings is subject to MoJ spending controls and requires approval at Deputy Director level or above. Spend of this nature will only be approved where there is a clear value for money case.