Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what procedures are in place to ensure that money paid to former Prime Ministers under the Public Duty Costs Allowance are properly spent; and whether they have made an assessment of the appropriate use of money received from that allowance by Boris Johnson.

The Public Duty Costs Allowance policy states that former Prime Ministers or their staff may only be reimbursed for actual administrative costs incurred in meeting the demands of the former Prime Minister’s public life up to the annual limit.

Invoices are submitted to Cabinet Office Finance by the offices of the former Prime Ministers in order to claim their Public Duty Cost Allowance. Along with the invoice offices provide evidence of what the claim is to be used for.

The PDCA is reviewed by the NAO as part of their audit of the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts.