Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the (a) most recent value and (b) change in value over the last 12 months of the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar.

The UK Government regularly hosts events to bring together stakeholders from across the country and around the world. The wine cellar is used by all government departments and is maintained to deliver events at a lower cost. The overall value of wines used was outlined in the Bi-Annual Report on the GH Wine Cellar, placed in the Library of the House.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-hospitality-wine-cellar-bi-annual-statement-2018-to-2020/government-hospitality-wine-cellar-bi-annual-report-2018-to-2020

The value of wine stocks in financial years 2020-21 and 2021-22 will be published in the next Bi-Annual Report on the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar 2020-2022, to be published in early 2023.