Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to her Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card, what the purpose was of the gatherings held at (a) The House of Lords on 11 January 2022, (b) The Clarence Whitehall on 18 March 2022, (c) The Corinthia Hotel on 21 March 2022, (d) Stanley’s Chelsea on 28 June 2022 and (e) The Waterfront Brasserie on 26 July 2022; and who attended each of those gatherings.

The information requested in your 45 questions of 5 September regarding the FCDO's published Government Procurement Card expenditure https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-government-procurement-card-spending-over-500-june-2022 is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.