To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. (274503)

The requested information is set out in the table.

The cost of banqueting services cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.

All expenditure on conference services is incurred in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.