Wet sales across the Parliamentary Estate’s pub and bars since the UK s first national lockdown totalled more than £20,000 – with many drink prices found beneath both on-trade averages and those of nearby sites.
Data supplied in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by
The Morning Advertiser (MA) showed drink sales at the House of Lords and House of Commons’ bars totalled £281,107.31 in 2020 – of which £22,062 came since July when venues were initially allowed to reopen following the UK’s first national lockdown.
Of that total, £133,672.87 was spent in the House of Commons’ Smoking Room, Strangers Bar and Pugin Room and £147,434.45 across the House of Lords’ bars during 2020.