 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Robert Neill)
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Robert Neill) 
        
    
        
    
        I am today publishing the details of receptions hosted by Ministers at the Department for Communities and Local Government for 2009-10.
The total cost of these receptions was £9251.19.
| Date | Host | Event | Venue | Number of Attendees | 
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| 12/10/09 | Rt Hon John Denham MP | Eid Ul-Fitr Reception (co-hosted with Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary) | Foreign and CommonwealthOffice | 425 (approx) | 
| 02/12/09 | Rt Hon John Denham MP | CLG Christmas Press Reception | House of Commons | 50 | 
| 15/03/10 | Barbara Follett MP | A reception to recognise the work volunteers did for their communities during the severe weather in winter of 2009/10 | Eland House | 50 | 
| 16/03/10 | Shahid Malik MP | A reception to recognise the efforts of the UK International Search and Rescue Team in Haiti. | Admiralty House | 100 | 
| 03/06/10 | Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP | External Relations Reception | Eland House | 126 | 
| 19/07/10 | Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP | Reception with house builders | Eland House | 13 |