Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of hosting G7 Foreign Ministers in Liverpool in December 2021; and what the costs were of the (a) accommodation and (b) subsistence expenses for that function.

The FCDO publishes the costs related to overseas visits, incoming visits and events hosted by the Foreign Secretary as part of the Quarterly Transparency Return https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/minister-data#2020. We will release the costs for this visit in due course as per the usual timeline.