Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September to Question 47401, for what reason it would cost more than £800 to provide answers as to (a) the purpose of the payments made by his Department to Finishing Touches of (i) £2,360 on 15 November 2021, and (ii) £1,973.30 on 22 March 2022, and (b) where in the UK that supplier is located.

This payment was one of 46 questions submitted by the MP, which referenced more than 250 transactions in total. The resource required to collate this information would be above the disproportionate cost threshold. This spend relates to maintenance and replacement of furnishings and fittings at an official office in Gibraltar.