A question on #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #PublicExpenditure tabled by Priti Patel on 29-04-2025 has been answered by Catherine West.

Heading: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Expenditure
Question ID: 1798290
UIN: 48891
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-29
Asking Member ID: 4066
Asking Member display name: Priti Patel
Asking Member handle: pritipatel
Asking Member Twitter reference: @pritipatel
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on on (a) business hospitality, (b) grant in aid to arms length bodies, (c) recruitment, (d) transport equipment costs, (e) travel and (f) IT an
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Date answered: 2025-05-07
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Answering Member ID: 4523
Answering Member display name: Catherine West
Answering Member handle: catherinewest1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @catherinewest1
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Answer text: The department spend for 2024/25 is still subject to audit and therefore may change. At the time of responding, we estimate the spend to be:ABusiness Hospitality£10.5 millionCRecruitment£1.2 millionDTransport equipment£6.4 millionETravel£84.9 millionFIT a...
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Answering body ID: 208
Answering body name: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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