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 November 2021, who attended the events at (a) Plataran and (b) Kaum, on 11 November 2021; and whether either of those events included any expenditure on alcoholic beverages.

These refer to lunch and dinner events during the official Ministerial visit to Jakarta by the former Foreign Secretary the Rt Hon. Liz Truss MP, 10 - 12 November 2021. Participants at both included the former Foreign Secretary and delegation, our Ambassador to Indonesia and other British Embassy officials. Expenditure was subject to normal FCDO controls.