To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. (273887)

All expenditure on entertainment (also known within the Department as hospitality) is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in Managing Public Money and the Treasury Handbook on Regularity and Propriety.

The information requested is shown in the following table.