Embassies: Official Hospitality

(asked on 29th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of diplomatic entertainment activities of British overseas embassies in the 2018-19 financial year.


Answered by
Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
This question was answered on 3rd February 2020

​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) accounts for its hospitality expenditure under Representation of the FCO and Business Hospitality. The total overseas spend in the 2018-19 financial year was £10,990,314.80.

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