To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what records his Department maintains of its expenditure on (a) official hospitality and (b) alcohol for official hospitality. (240461)

Expenditure on (a) official hospitality and (b) alcohol for official hospitality is not recorded separately within the Department for Transport.

As reflected in our Staff Handbook, hospitality is incurred in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.