To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his private Ministerial office spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Tea, coffee and bottled water are provided from a central contract and the costs cannot be identified separately. A minimal amount has been spent on gifts of alcohol to visiting foreign dignitaries.