Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to her Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card, what the (a) purpose of, (b) location of and (c) guest list was for the events for which Alison Price Catering was paid (i) £1,593.36 on 24 September 2021, (ii) 1,720.44 on 21 October 2021, (iii) £1,089.36 on 1 December 2021, (iv) £4,164.84 on 23 December 2021 and (v) £956.28 on 6 January 2022.

The information requested in your 45 questions of 5 September regarding the FCDO's published Government Procurement Card expenditure https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-government-procurement-card-spending-over-500-june-2022 is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.