PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Lord Polak (7 November 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings she has had since being appointed Secretary of State for International Development with Lord Polak; and whether Lord Polak has visited her Department in Whitehall.

Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)

My Rt Hon Friend the Member for Witham (Ms Patel) resigned as Secretary of State for International Development on 8 November. The Department is aware of a political meeting between my Rt Hon Friend the member for Witham and Lord Polak held on its premises on 27 July 2016. In addition, the Department holds a record of my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Witham being in attendance at two events outside of the Department I understand Lord Polak was also present at. These were a Conservative Party dinner on 27 September 2017 and a Parliamentary Reception of the Conservative Friends of Israel on 24 January 2017. Further information is not held.

Answered by:
Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
13 November 2017