FOI 00455 - Metfed Christmas lunch 2024
Request:
Received: 1 October 2025
REQUEST 1: I am requesting information on the Metropolitan Police Federation ‘MBB Christmas Lunch’ held on 5th December 2024.
What was the total amount of money spent on the event? Please include all expenditure claimed from the MPF.
REQUEST 2: How was this expenditure authorised? If authorised by the MBB please provide details of when this occurred and supporting documents (discussion paper, minutes etc).
REQUEST 3: From which budget was this spent?
REQUEST 4: Who claimed this expense (name or position will suffice, was it claimed by one individual or did all attendees claim separately)?
REQUEST 5: How much of the total spend was on alcohol?
REQUEST 6: Who was invited to this event? (Individual names not required. Just, for example, were all members of the MBB invited? Just office holders at Bromley?
REQUEST 7: Who actually attended this event? (Again, individual names not required, just positions and numbers)
REQUEST 8: Did the attendees have to pay to attend or make any financial contribution? If so, for what and how much did they have to contribute and how was this money collected?
REQUEST 9: What time did the event start?
REQUEST 10: Were any warranted officers ‘on duty’ during this event?
Response:
Responded: 20 November 2025
RESPONSE 1: £2,351.75
RESPONSE 2: This expenditure was agreed at the Metropolitan Branch Board meeting held in March 2024.
RESPONSE 3: This event came from the Metropolitan Police Federation (MPF) budget under “events”.
RESPONSE 4: This expense was not claimed by any individual. It was instead paid for on the General Secretary’s business card.
RESPONSE 5: £787.50
RESPONSE 6:
|
Category |
Number |
|
Branch officials |
8 |
|
Branch office staff |
7 |
|
Other |
2 |
RESPONSE 7:
|
Category |
Number |
|
Branch officials |
6 |
|
Branch office staff |
7 |
|
Other |
2 |
RESPONSE 8: Attendees did not make any financial contribution to the event held at “Roast” which the expenses in Q1 cover. If further food or drink was consumed after this, either at Roast or at any other venue, this would have been funded by the individual personally.
RESPONSE 9: The event began at 2pm.
RESPONSE 10: The MPF office holders operate under Inspector Regulations. This was in line with a legacy agreement with the Metropolitan Police Service. As such, CARM is used to record their 40 hour week and office holders manage their day to day hours.
