Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any social events took place between three or more people within his Departmental buildings between (a) 5 November 2020 and 1 December 2020 and (b) 16 December 2020 and 22 February 2021.

This information is not collected. At the time, staff were expected to work from home and undertake meetings remotely, wherever possible

Some staff came into the office to work on the Spending Review 2020, on 25th November 2020, and we are aware that a small number of staff had impromptu drinks at and around their desks at the end of the working day.