Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card, for how many (a) individuals and (b) nights his Department purchase accommodation at the Enterprise Hotel for (i) £1,151.10 on 1 November 2021 and (ii) £ 6,519.91 on 13 December 2021; and what the purpose was for those stays at that hotel.

These transactions relate to accommodation at the Enterprise Hotel in Milan for the COP26 President, the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, and members of the COP26 Unit. Delegates attended the Youth4Climate event held between 28 September 2021 and 30 September 2021, and the pre-COP summit held between 30 September 2021 and 2 October 2021. The room rate was €163 per night.