Bar Sales (2021)

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This information is held by the House of Commons.

Full list of alcohol purchased in those bars administered by the House of Commons between March 2020 and January 2021, including the type of drink purchased and the cost of each.

Please note the following in relation to the data:
• It covers the three bars operated by the House of Commons: the Strangers’ Bar, the Pugin Room and the Members’ Smoking Room
• Sales for each month are split into sections. For the months that do not appear, it is because there were no sales or the bars were closed
• The selling price for each individual drink can be calculated by dividing the sales total by the sales count for that drink

It may interest you to know that over 15,000 people can access the parliamentary estate and use its services, of which only 650 are MPs. The on-site catering venues are also used by staff of the House of Commons Administration and contractors, such as facilities staff, security staff and building contractors, as well as Members’ staff, Peers and their staff and Members of the Press Gallery. Products sold in these venues are always charged at more than they cost and everybody pays the same price. Further details of our price lists, access arrangements, sample menus and other helpful information about the catering service is proactively published by our in-house catering team, in the interests of transparency, on our Transparency pages.