The total cost of refreshments supplied at Assembly Committee Meetings
FoI 47-14
14 August 2014
For the year 2013/14, please disclose the following:
“The total cost of refreshments supplied at Assembly committee Meetings. Please provide a breakdown showing the amount spent on refreshments for each committee, e.g. refreshments
spending for business committee, social development committee, etc. If possible please also give a list of the types of refreshments served (e.g. tea, mints, each type of biscuit, etc) and the amount spent on each. Within this, please also disclose if bottle water was purchased and if so the brand used and cost.”
Please find the total cost of refreshments as requested for the period from April 2013 – March 2014 below:
| Amount | |
| Business Committee | £1,958.00 |
| Ad hoc Committee | £0.00 |
| Social Development Committee | £1,062.47 |
| Regional Development Committee | £958.18 |
| Employment & Learning Committee | £1,159.83 |
| Enterprise Trade & Investment Committee | £2,142.17 |
| Finance & Personnel Committee | £2,141.89 |
| Agriculture & Rural Dev Committee | £1,598.93 |
| Culture Arts & Leisure Committee | £1,696.96 |
| Education Committee | £2,084.32 |
| Environment Committee | £2,100.95 |
| HSSPS Committee | £1,987.74 |
| Assembly & Executive Review Committee | £538.65 |
| Public Accounts Committee | £1,491.79 |
| Standards & Privileges Committee | £797.63 |
| Committee of OFMDFM | £1,123.74 |
| Justice Committee | £3,032.73 |
| Procedures Committee | £594.14 |
| Audit Committee | £46.59 |
| Total | £26,516.71 |
Please note our financial records system does not differentiate between types of meetings, therefore the costs include refreshments at Committee meetings, as well as Committee events, visits and working lunches with Committee Chairpersons outside of the formal weekly Committee Meetings.
