Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

(asked on 14th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's transparency release Home Office Procurement card spend over £500: 2003, published in March 2023, what the purpose was of the visit by a Vietnamese delegation; and how many (a) UK and (b) Vietnamese officials attended the lunch paid for in transactions 127-DG - Delivery-65121 and 126-DG - Delivery-500.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 19th December 2023

Senior Vietnamese Officials from the Ministry of Public Security attended the Home Office on 21 February to review progress against commitments made at the inaugural UK-Vietnam Migration Dialogue in 2022.

After the meeting, the delegation attended a working lunch with the Permanent Under Secretary, which was paid for by the Home Office. At this lunch, a number of confidential matters were discussed including enhancing cooperation to tackle illegal migration, a key HMG priority. Seven senior officials from the Vietnamese Government, alongside six UK delegates attended the working lunch.

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