{"value":{"id":1675475,"askingMemberId":410,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-12-05T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-12-07T00:00:00","uin":"5201","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much their Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.","answeringBodyId":2,"answeringBodyName":"Scotland Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4619,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-12-12T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations. All Business Units within the Scotland Office have a responsibility to keep official hospitality costs as low as possible and demonstrate good value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis, and are available on GOV.UK.</p><p><br> <br></p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Scotland Office: Official Hospitality","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1675475","method":"GET"}]}