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, for what purpose payments were made to Fortnum and Mason of (a) £1,527.45 on 15 November 2022, (b) £709.75 on 10 January 2022, (c) £3,679.58 on 16 March 2022, (d) £597.45 on 23 March 2022, (e) £1,541.10 on 6 June 2022 and (f) £1,500 on 28 June 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.