Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the entertainment budget has been of (a) the UK representative to the European Union and subsequently (b) the UK Mission to the EU in each year since 2015.

The relevant budget allocations, which funded the mission's engagement and influencing to promote UK interests, are as follows:

• 2015/2016 - £68,728.44

• 2016/2017 - £69,510.55

• 2017/2018 - £49,609.55

• 2018/2019 - £150,300.41

• 2019/2020 - £142,132.41

• 2020/2021 - £54,905.00

• 2021/2022 - £106,219.00