Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department’s published spending by electronic purchasing card solution over £500 for July 2022, what travel services were purchased from Brightsun.co.uk for £8,110.00 on 20 July 2022; for which individuals were those services purchased; and what was the purpose of that travel.

This spend was in relation to travel by the Deputy Director in the Sponsorship and World Events team, who was requested to accompany Minister Adams in support of the Osaka 2025 Expo. This was a last-minute business class booking to Tokyo and had extremely limited availability. The department does not ordinarily book travel in this way.