Question follow-through · 25950
Northern Ireland Office: Official Hospitality
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department has and (b) his Department's arms length bodies have spent on hospitality in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) since 5 July 2024.
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- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department has and (b) his Department's arms length bodies have spent on hospitality in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) since 5 July 2024.
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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27 Jan 2025
Answer published
We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations. All Business Units within the Northern Ireland Office have a responsibility to carefully manage official hospitality costs and demonstrate good value for money.D...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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