Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Cabinet Office’s Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - July 2024, what the purpose was of the payments to (a) the Cookie Jar on 8 July 2024 and (b) Borgo Egnazia 6 on 17 July 2024.

The payment on 08 July to the Cookie Jar was for the accommodation cost of the former Deputy Prime Minister to attend the launch of the National Risk Register in Northumberland, in August 2023.

The payment made on 17 July 2024 to Borgo Egnazia was accommodation costs for the former Prime Minister’s attendance at the G7 summit, which was held on 13-15 June 2024.