To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. (261102)

The budgets for entertainment in the Department for International Development in each of the last five financial years were as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. (261168)

It is not possible to disaggregate specific entertainment costs without incurring disproportionate cost.

All entertainment is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on the principles of managing public money and the Treasury handbook on regularity and propriety.