Taxpayers didn't pick up the bill for food, alcohol, suitcases or a fridge connected with gatherings investigated as part of the Downing Street partygate allegations, the Government has said.
Cabinet Office minister Michael Ellis replied simply with "no" when challenged by Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney (Richmond Park) on "whether there was a cost to the public purse from expenditure" on the items.
The civil servant-led Sue Gray report investigated 16 events following allegations of parties being held and lockdown rules broken in Downing Street and across Whitehall.
