Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 156410 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Visits Abroad, whether the restaurant meals purchased with one of his Department’s electronic purchasing cards at (a) The Bar Room, New York City on 21 September 2021 and (b) Smith & Wollensky, New York City on 22 September 2021 were included in the declared costs of his predecessor’s visit to the United States from 20 to 23 September 2021.

All FCDO transparency and freedom of information releases are published on gov.uk. Transparency data has been published in this way since 2009/2010. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-the-prime-minister-on-government-transparency-and-open-data

It is standard practice across government to publish total overseas travel cost figures for Ministers. These can be found in our published Quarterly Transparency Returns.