Claim: Taxpayers contribute about £4 million to subsidise food at the Houses of Parliament.
Fact-check: Parliament's food outlets ran at a loss of £9 million in 2020/21 - Full Fact
Verdict: catering services at the houses of parliament run at a loss so they are effectively subsidised. when the claim was first made in 2019, the latest data for 2017/18 for this cost was about £3.1 million. in 2020/21, the cost was £9.1 million, mainly due to reduced sales because of covid-19 lockdowns.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2021-11-05T00:00:00