Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

My Department gave an answer to Question UIN 194474 on catering and hospitality on 9 April 2014 which included expenditure for financial years 2011-12 to 2013-14 and to Question UIN 176826 on hotels and travel on 7 April 2014 for expenditure relating to 2011-12 and 2012-13.

For 2014-15 and 2015-16, total spend on catering and hospitality (including food, and drink) was £22,934 and £15,681.

In 2009-10, the spend on hospitality and catering was £456,142.

Providing accurate spend on transport and hotels would be at a disproportionate cost.