Question follow-through · 54831
Science and Industry Museum: Official Hospitality
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) event and (b) reception held at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester on 31 July 2024; how much was spent on (i) alcohol and (ii) food; an
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) event and (b) reception held at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester on 31 July 2024; how much was spent on (i) alcohol and (ii) food; an
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2025
Answer published
On 31 July 2024, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport hosted a stakeholder reception in Manchester attended by 193 senior representatives from across the breadth of the DCMS sectors. This included individuals and organisations from the arts, cultur...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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