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ALEX Salmond spent £1000 of taxpayers’ money hiring a pianist for a dinner during his half million pound trip to the Ryder Cup.

Details of the £468,580 spent during the week-long visit in 2012 to the Medinah Country Club in Chicago were made public yesterday.

The Scottish Government were last night under pressure to reveal how £54,000 still unaccounted for was spent.

Scottish Labour’s Paul Martin said: “The idea that the First Minister can spend tens of thousands of pounds on himself and refuse to account for it is frankly repulsive.

“Salmond spent our cash on a trip to the golf. The people of Scotland have the right to know what he spent it on.”

Figures released by tourism quango Visit Scotland showed the party spent £5695 on a dinner at a steak restaurant.

They also spent nearly £1000 hiring the pianist and more than £1100 flying over two chefs from Gleneagles Hotel.

The Scottish Government were last night under pressure to reveal how the £54,000 still unaccounted for was spent.

Although the breakdown shows more than £80,000 was spent on accommodation, it refers only to a hotel near the tournament venue used by officials and not the five-star Peninsula Hotel where it is understood Salmond and his wife Moira stayed.

Ministers insist the visit will help the 2014 Ryder Cup, which is being held at Gleneagles, generate £100million for the Scottish economy.

A Government spokesman said: “All costs incurred were part of a hugely successful effort to promote Scotland and develop relationships ahead of next year’s tournament.”