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 Government procurement card spending over £500 for July 2022, what the (a) nature and (b) purpose was of the leisure activities for which Puckrup Hall was paid £6,568 on 20 July 2022.

This was for 13 rooms between 25 and 29 July at the Hilton Puckrup Hall for a Department for International Trade Latin America & Caribbean (LATAC) Trade Mission. The event provided an opportunity to promote UK companies to buyers and technical experts from the LATAC region.

Expenditure was subject to normal controls.