Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card in January 2021, what items were purchased from Anthropologie on 1 and 4 January 2021; and for what purpose those items were purchased by his Department.

These relate to furniture purchases for the unfurnished residence of a staff member in a newly created diplomatic role in our Consulate in Houston. Expenditure was subject to normal FCDO controls and an appropriate use of public money.